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Fairness in Household Financial Contribution to the Iran’S Healthcare System From 2008 to 2018 Publisher Pubmed



Darvishi A1, 2 ; Aminirarani M3 ; Mehrolhassani MH4 ; Yazdifeyzabadi V5, 6
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  1. 1. Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  5. 5. Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, 7616913555, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Source: BMC Research Notes Published:2021


Abstract

Objective: Enhancing financial protection in health is one of the main goals of Iran’s health transformation program (HTP), a recent reform conducted in early 2014. This study aimed to measure financial protection using the fair financial contribution index (FFCI) in urban and rural areas before (2008–2013) and after (2014–2018) the HTP implementation. Using a retrospective study on annual national cross-sectional surveys of households' income and expenditure, FFCI was measured. The total sample sizes for urban and rural areas from 2008 to 2018 were 207,980 and 212,249 households, respectively. Results: The worst fair contributions to health expenditure in urban (FFCI = 0.684) and rural areas (FFCI = 0.530) were related to 2010 and 2009, respectively. Otherwise, the best fair contributions for urban (FFCI = 0.858) and rural (FFCI = 0.836) areas were made in 2011. Before the HTP implementation began, FFCI showed minor changes from 0.834 in 2008 to 0.833 in 2013. Following the HTP implementation, the FFCI values in urban and rural populations declined (worsened) from 0.842 to 0.836 and 0.816 to 0.809, respectively.On average morefair financial contributions had been made following five years after the HTP, especiallyin rural areas, but less than that expected in upstream documents (asdetermined 0.9). © 2021, The Author(s).
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