Materials and Methods: This was a cross–sectional study. The study population included all
hospitalized patient bills eligible for global tariff at nine selected hospitals (include: Imam …

Background the health service tariff is an appropriate policymaking tool and the financial
leverage of the health system control which affects quality, availability, cost, efficiency, equity …

Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, the population included all the invoices of
hospitalized cases subjected to the global tariff in 2019 in Niknafs Hospital in Rafsanjan …

Introduction: The old version of the USA tariff book (California Book) has been the basis for
paying physicians' fees of surgeries and other invasive procedures in Iran for a long time. In …

Background: Paying for the global surgery is one of the prospective payment methods in
which service providers receive their service costs according to a preset table. In this …

Background Global payment system is a first example of per-case payment system that
contains 60 commonly used surgical operations for which payment is based on the average …

Abstract Backgrounds and Aim: One of the remuneration methods in the hospital system in
Iran is per case, based on a classification system termed Global system (GS). The GS …

Introduction: If relative values for services are not determined correctly, they might have
negative consequences on availability of care. In this study, we aimed to compare relative …

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 …

Introduction activity based costing (ABC) is an accounting method that allows organizations
such as hospitals to determine costs based on the resources they consume. This method is …