Department of Health Policy, school of management and medical education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran
Research
The Effects of Iran’s Health Sector Evolution Plan on Catastrophic Health Expenditures in 2012 and 2015(before and after the implementation of HSEP)
Author(s): Ali Maher and Zahra Fazel*
Background: Iran has made great achievements in Health Sector and health financing after the implementation of the Health Sector Evolution Plan; however, there are still some provinces and expenditure groups that suffered from health payments and faced CHE. This study aimed to compare the rates of households with CHE, further to explore the different performance of factors influencing CHE before and after the HSEP in Iran.
Method: statistical data were acquired from two surveys conducted by Iran statistic Centre (2012 and 2015). A total of 18500 households in 2012 and 17649 households in 2015 were included in this study. The indices of FFC, CHE, Overshoot, and Mean Positive Overshoot are calculated to measure the fairness of financial contribution, intensity, and prevalence of catastrophic health payments.
Results: The.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2471-268X.21.7.168
