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 …

[HTML][HTML] Iran's health-care system in transition

B Heshmati, H Joulaei - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Iran's health system has undergone several reforms in the past three decades with many
challenges and successes. The most important reform was the establishment of the National …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Health financing consequences of implementing health transformation plan in Iran: achievements and challenges

L Doshmangir, M Bazyar, B Najafi… - … journal of health …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Backing by strong political support of the government, Ministry of Health and Medical
Education (MoHME) launched a major and ambitious reform in Iran on May 5, 2014 entitled …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the health care system of Iran with various countries

HA Khangah, A Jannati, A Imani, S Salimlar… - Health Scope, 2017 - brieflands.com
Background: Gaining health is an inalienable right of every human being; therefore,
governments are required to provide a minimum of health care services for all people who …

Does autonomy for public hospitals in developing countries increase performance? Evidence-based case studies

W De Geyndt - Social science & medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Governments in middle and low income countries have sought ways for the past
decades to make their public hospitals more performing. The objectives of this assessment …

Setting health care services tariffs in Iran: half a century quest for a window of opportunity

L Doshmangir, A Rashidian, F Kouhi… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Background The process of medical tariffs setting in Iran remains to be a contentious issue
and is heavily criticized by many stakeholders. This paper explores the experience of setting …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of influenza vaccine on severity of COVID-19 infection: An original study from Iran

S Kalantari, A Sadeghzadeh-Bazargan… - Medical Journal of the …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The COVID-19 infection is a novel virus that mainly targets the respiratory
system via specific receptors without any coronavirus-targeted therapies. Many efforts have …

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' …