Iranian Health Transformation Plan in Physiotherapy Services: Comparison of Household Based Financial Outcomes

Transformation of Household Credit Behavior in the Conditions of Digitalization of the Financial Services Market

Within the article, the impact of modern digitalization processes on changing household credit behavior is considered. Much attention is paid to defining the essence of digitalization and exploring the features of its impact on the financial services market. Accordingly, the content of household credit behavior and its individual models are examined. This behavior is proposed to be considered a...

The impact of health transformation plan on health services fees: brief report

Background: Tariff setting in healthcare is an important control knob affecting the quality, access and cost of services. As part of Iran Health Transformation Plan (HTP) in 2014, the relative value of health care and services was increased to motivate healthcare providers to deliver high quality services. This study aimed to examine the impact of HTP on health services tariffs. Methods: This ...

Iranian Household Financial Protection against Catastrophic Health Care Expenditures

BACKGROUND Protecting households against financial risks is one of objectives of any health system. In this regard, Iran's fourth five year developmental plan act in its 90th article, articulated decreasing household's exposure to catastrophic health expenditure to one percent. Hence, this study aimed to measure percentage of Iranian households exposed to catastrophic health expenditures and to...

Inpatient Out-of-Pocket in Iran After Health Transformation Plan

Evaluation of Health System Development Plan and Basic Education Transformation Plan Based on Health System Assumptions with Emphasis on Education

Background and Objective: Health education and health promotion are considered an important source for economic, social and individual development. It is the governments’ important role to consider it as a crusial matter and all human beings need training to achieve this worthwhile goal, namely health. Methods: This study was carried out using content analysis “Shannon Entropy”. In this method ...