Introduction: Health care reform was implemented in Iran in year 2014 to protect people from
health-related financial risks. The aim of this study was to compare direct health …

Introduction: Ever rising of health expenditure all over the world has shifted policy makers'
attention toward the determinants of health expenditures. The purpose of this study was to …

Methods: The present study was a cross sectional study. The population of the study has
included the sum of the inpatient bed day of health insurers admitted in hospitals of in 31 …

Background: Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure directly impacts on poverty and household
welfare, especially when there is a decline in healthcare financing. This study was aimed to …

Background: Protecting people against the financial consequences of health-care payments
is a key objective of health systems. Aims: We carried out a descriptive analysis of changes …

Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was carried out in two steps: 1-General review of
the Iran's health system costs trend based on National Health Accounts. 2-identification of …

Background: The rapid growth of health expenditures is a great concern for governments at
present. Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the main factors affecting health …

Background: In all countries, health expenditures are a main part of government
expenditure, and governments try to find policies and strategies to reduce this expenditure …

Abstract Background and Objectives: One of the most important objectives of the health
transformation plan (HTP) is to reduce out-of-pocket payment of households for healthcare …

The Romanian health system is mainly public financed (80.45%) through the following
sources: Social Health Insurance (65%), State and Local Authorities Budget (15.45%), while …