So near, so far: four decades of health policy reforms in Iran, achievements and challenges

L Doshmangir, M Bazyar, R Majdzadeh… - Archives of Iranian …, 2019 - journalaim.com
The Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran emphasized social justice as a pillar for development.
The fundamental steps towards universal equitable access to high-quality healthcare …

Iran health insurance system in transition: equity concerns and steps to achieve universal health coverage

L Doshmangir, M Bazyar, A Rashidian… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Equity, efficiency, sustainability, acceptability to clients and providers, and
quality are the cornerstones of universal health coverage (UHC). No country has a single …

Health system governance assessment in protracted crisis settings: Northwest Syria

M Alaref, O Al-Abdulla, Z Al Zoubi, M Al Khalil… - Health Research Policy …, 2023 - Springer
Background Since the withdrawal of government forces from Northwest Syria due to the
conflict, several national initiatives have aimed to create alternative governance approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Policy options to reduce fragmentation in the pooling of health insurance funds in Iran

M Bazyar, A Rashidian, S Kane… - … journal of health …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There are fragmentations in Iran's health insurance system. Multiple health insurance funds
exist, without adequate provisions for transfer or redistribution of cross subsidy among them …

Policy analysis of the Iranian Health Transformation Plan in primary healthcare

L Doshmangir, E Moshiri, H Mostafavi… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Health systems reform is inevitable due to the never-ending changing nature of
societal health needs and policy dynamism. Today, the Health Transformation Plan (HTP) …

Seven decades of primary healthcare during various development plans in Iran: a historical review

L Doshmangir, E Moshiri, F Farzadfar - Archives of Iranian medicine, 2020 - journalaim.com
Objective: To explore historically primary healthcare (PHC) development in Iran in the light
of development plans before and after the Islamic Revolution. The results of this study can …

Public–private partnership in primary health care: an experience from Iran

H Gharaee, SA Aghdash, M Farahbakhsh… - Primary Health Care …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Aim: The aim of this paper is to introduce the experience of applying public–private
partnership (PPP) in providing primary health care (PHC) in East Azerbaijan Province (EAP) …

[HTML][HTML] Health equity in Iran: A systematic review

H Ghiasvand, E Mohamadi… - Medical Journal of the …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Health inequities are among debatable and challenging aspects of health
systems. Achieving equity through social determinants of health approach has been …

Opening the black box: the experiences and lessons from the public hospitals autonomy policy in Iran

L Doshmangir, A Rashidian, M Jafari… - Archives of Iranian …, 2015 - journalaim.com
INTRODUCTION: Policy formulation and adoption often happen in a black box.
Implementation challenges affect and modify the nature of a policy. We analyzed hospitals' …

Assessing horizontal equity in health care utilization in Iran: a decomposition analysis

F Mostafavi, B Piroozi, P Mosquera, R Majdzadeh… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Despite the goal of horizontal equity in Iran, little is known about it. This study
aimed i) to assess socioeconomic inequality and horizontal inequity in the healthcare …