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 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: 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: 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: 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 …

Purpose In May 2014, a new reform in the health sector of Iran was implemented called
“health evolution plan.” In the first phase of this reform, the government reduced out-of …

Background: The fair wage to specialist physicians and nurses can enhance their job
motivation, quality of work, job satisfaction level, and improve the delivery of services to …

Background: Medical tariff is one of the most important tools for health policy making in a
country that influences equity, efficiency, quality and accountability of service deliveries. If …

Introduction: One of the basic problems of hospital management is lack of an effective fiscal
system, which causes in loose cost control. Meanwhile, accounting techniques and …

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 …