Categories:

Health Equity Research Center’s first Journal Club was successfully concluded on the noon of March 13th, 2021. In this session of our journal club, the main discussion was the paper “Health insurance benefit package in […]

Categories:

Health Equity Research Center’s first Journal Club This center is going to hold its first Journal Club on March 13, 2021, from 11 till 12 pm (IRI time) to discuss the paper: “Health insurance benefit […]

Categories:

Abstract Introduction Health financing systems have a key role in achieving universal health coverage (UHC) across the globe. However, little is known about how best to monitor health financing system progress towards UHC, especially in […]
Abstract Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship. Making progress towards UHC is a policy priority for both countries and […]

Categories:

Abstract Introduction Hospital deductions are predominantly costs that are spent by the hospital, but are not funded and reimbursed. The deductions are 10-30% of the hospital income, of which more than 20% of these deductions […]

Categories:

Dear Editor Sutherland and Levesque have developed a useful conceptual framework to delineate warranted and unwarranted clinical variation in health care systems. They define unwarranted clinical variation as “patient care that differs in ways that […]

Categories:

Abstract Introduction Nowadays, an alternative model for evolution of health care is required to reduce the chronic illness burden notably diabetes; to this end, using the remote patient monitoring system is recommended. This system virtually […]

Categories:

Abstract Background To date, there is no synthesized evidence about the technical efficiency (TE) of cross-country tobacco control policies. This study aims to measure the efficiency and productivity of tobacco control policies across 16 selected […]

Categories:

Abstract Background Unmet need is a critical indicator of access to healthcare services. Despite concrete evidence about unmet need in Iran’s health system, no recent evidence of this negative outcome is available. This study aimed […]

Categories:

Abstract Background The impact of pricing strategies on different socioeconomic groups is not uniform. There is urgency in addressing of characteristics of household demand to make a policy choice in line with development goals. Objectives […]