Impact of rural family physician program on child mortality rates in Iran: a time-series study

• Main Authors: Shohreh Naderimagham (Author), Hamidreza Jamshidi (Author), Alireza Khajavi (Author), Farhad Pishgar (Author), Ali Ardam (Author), Bagher Larijani (Author), Zohreh Mahmoudi (Author), Alireza Jeddian (Author), Hamid Reza Bahrami-Taghanaki (Author), Farshad Farzadfar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The rural family physician program and social protection scheme were started in Iran about 10 years ago, and no comprehensive study has been carried out to investigate the effects of this program on mortality-related health indicators yet. The present study aims to examine the im...