Health Care Costs in Iran and How to Control It

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MASOUDI ASL IRAVAN; Bakhtiari Aliabad Mohammad; AKHAVAN BEHBAHANI ALI; RAHBARI BONAB MARYAM

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Journal: HEALTH INSURANCE Year:2019 | Volume:1 | Issue:4 Page(s): 117-127

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Health Care Costs in Iran and How to Control It

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MASOUDI ASL IRAVAN | Bakhtiari Aliabad Mohammad | AKHAVAN BEHBAHANI ALI | RAHBARI BONAB MARYAM | Issue Writer Certificate

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Health System

Health Care Costs

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Abstract

Introduction: Today, the increase of costs is one of the challenges for Health Systems. The current study aimed at investigating the health costs trend in Iran and the policies adopted to manage them better. Methods: The current descriptive-analytical study was conducted in two phases: 1-General review of the Iran's Health System costs trend based on National Health Accounts. 2-identification of experts` views on factors leading to increasing health costs in Iran and the strategies used to manage these costs better in the last few decades, through simple and accessible sampling and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was performed through deductive / inductive hybrid framework, and a thematic framework was developed during the analysis. The NVivo software was used to manage and categorize data. Results: Health costs in Iran increased over the past years, and various strategies are employed to manage these costs among which extending primary health care, expanding insurance coverage, implementing a family physician program in small towns, villages, and among nomads are the most important ones. Conclusions: Despite the adoption of some strategies to control the health costs in Iran in different periods, increase in health costs is a concern. Therefore, health policy makers need to make and implement appropriate polices in order to manage these costs better, while improving access, quality of service, and eventually welfare of patients.

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