Background: Health indicators are being used
in health planning and management. The aim
of this survey was to find effects of family physician program on health indicators
in Qazvin province.
Methods: This study was a descriptive cross sectional study. Data were gathered
using a check list adopted from Zige
Hayati of Village Health House. A total of 864 Zige Hayati
from 108 villages between 2004 and 2010 were
studied. Data were analyzed by SPSS 11.5.
Results: Results showed that family
physician program improved some indices include of under 5-year population percentage, the percentage of
women between 49-15 years old, crude birth
rate, TL, vasectomy and IUD, vaccine and also the percentage of
stillbirths and LBW. At the same time the indicators
of maternal deaths, deaths less than one month
and one year, the
percentage of births attended by trained person has had
a decline.
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