Journal:
:international journal of health policy and management
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bakhtiar piroozi
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran ghobad moradi
social determinants of
health research center, kurdistan university of medical sciences, sanandaj,
iran bijan nouri
department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of medicine,
kurdistan university of medical sciences, sanandaj, iran amjad mohamadi bolbanabad
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran hossein safari
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
background one of the main objectives of health systems is the financial protection against out-of-pocket (oop) health expenditures. oop health expenditures can lead to catastrophic payments, impoverishment or poverty among households. in iran, health sector evolution plan (hsep) has been implemented since 2014 in order to achieve universal health coverage and reduce the oop health expenditures...
