Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Health services coverage: Physical access to rehabilitation facilities in Tehran compare with the country

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Marzieh Shirazikhah 1
. Arash Mirabzadeh 2
. Homeira Sajjadi 3
. Mohammad Taghi Joghataei 4
. Akbar Biglarian 5
. Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi 6
. Mehdi Raei 7
. Sahar Sarmadi 8

1 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran,

2 Department of Psychiatry, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Social Welfare Management Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Tehran, Iran School of Medicine, Iran Medical University, Tehran, Iran

5 Department of Biostatistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

6 Department of Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

7 Health Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

8 Medical Student, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: According to the World Health Organization, estimates about 1,800,000 people lived
with disability in Tehran. Against there is little evidence of physical access to rehabilitation facilities
in Tehran. This study is aimed to assess the physical access to physical rehabilitation facilities in
Tehran and compare it with the country.
METHODS: This is a cross‑sectional study conducted since January to April 2017. We used a master
facilities list of rehabilitation facility that developed in Iran to collect the information. The samples of
this study included all existing physical rehabilitation centers in Tehran province. Data analysis was
done using the SPSSr version 21.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL).
RESULTS: The results showed that rehabilitation facilities existed at different levels, including
inpatient (10.51), outpatient (224.28), community based (36.72), and long‑term care (4.96)/1,000,000
populations. Rehabilitation services are provided by rehabilitation professional including: Physical
medicine and rehabilitation specialists (8.7), physiotherapists (132.89), occupational therapists (57.4),
speech therapists (42.11), and audiologists (48.84) (in 1,000,000 populations).
CONCLUSION: Tehran needs to increase the physical access to rehabilitation facilities and
compared with country was disproportionate physical access to facilities in most cases. It
is necessary to establish an interdisciplinary referral system between different rehabilitation
providers.

Keywords

Access
facility
physical access
rehabilitation
rehabilitation professionals
Tehran
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2021
Pages 1-6

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