Health Transformation Plan in Iran: A New Return to the Declaration of Alma-Ata

Noura, Mohaddesseh; Baygi, Mehdi Zanganeh

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“…In Iran, to increase the efficiency of the health system, the reform called the health transformation plan (HTP) began in May 2014 (9,10). This plan was implemented in the suburbs and then in cities in 2015 (11).…”

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Explaining the Role of Physicians in Urban Comprehensive Health Service Centers After Implementing Health Transformation Plan in Southeast of Iran: A Qualitative Study

Shahabianmoghaddam

Baygi

2022

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Background: Health transformation plan (HTP) in Iran was established in 2014 to promote primary health care through expanding and strengthening the first level of services in urban and rural areas. The activities of physicians and their colleagues in comprehensive health service centers have increased access and improved community health. Conducting various studies on the urban physicians’ roles can help policymakers achieve the goals. Objectives: This study aimed to explain the role of physicians working in urban, comprehensive health service centers after implementing the HTP. Methods: Participants in this qualitative study consisted of physicians, healthcare providers, managers, and experts, working in urban health centers selected by a purposive sampling method. The data were collected by semi-structured interviews. After data saturation, they were analyzed by conventional content analysis. Results: After interviewing 35 people and several stages of review, coding, and using the experience of experts, the data were classified into six main categories, 11 subcategories, and 33 codes. Factors influencing the role of physicians were service delivery, electronic health records, resources, community culture, monitoring, supervision, and practical suggestion. The participants expressed the workload, referral system, integrated electronic health record, financial resources, human resources, equipment, and public participation as some aspects related to the role of physicians. Conclusions: Based on the current study, human and financial resources should be managed to retain the physicians in this plan. In addition, increasing the quality of services, improving electronic health records, and attention to public culture can be considered.

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Explaining the Role of Physicians in Urban Comprehensive Health Service Centers After Implementing Health Transformation Plan in Southeast of Iran: A Qualitative Study

Shahabianmoghaddam

Baygi

2022

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“…В начале 1980-х годов в Иране, где сельское население сталкивалось с отсутствием адекватного медицинского обслуживания, была разработана и внедрена программа первичной медико-санитарной помощи [7]. В сельской местности были созданы небольшие государственные медицинские структуры под названием дома здоровья для предоставления базовых медицинских услуг населению близлежащих сельских районов.…”

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Development of the health system in Iran

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2023

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This article examines the development of the health care system in Iran in the period after the "Islamic Revolution" (1979). The author aims to use factual material to show the contemporary nature of the health care system of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), which has implemented a number of important reforms over the past 40 years. The most important reform was the formation of the national health network in 1983, which aimed to reduce inequalities and increase access to health care for the population in disadvantaged areas of the country. Health services and medical education had been integrated, a health insurance reform had been carried out, which had contributed to progress towards universal health insurance coverage, a family physician programme and a hospital autonomy policy had been implemented. Iran was one of the few countries that provided comprehensive health insurance for refugees on the same basis as for its own citizens. Despite the achievements of Iran's family planning programme, which aimed not only to establish an eff ective population policy but also to improve overall socio-economic indicators, attitudes towards it have been mixed at diff erent points in Iran's recent history. Despite its dependence on imported raw materials, Iran has developed a fairly well-developed medical industry, which enabled the country to become an exporter of pharmaceutical products. Iran has achieved impressive progress in the sphere of medical tourism, occupying leading positions in the Middle East, South and Central Asia, as well as Transcaucasia. The Iranian national health network system had been eff ective in providing a unique framework for the delivery of primary health care in rural areas, which had contributed to the overall improvement of the country's health indicators. Conclusion.The article provides a proper assessment of the level of health care development in Iran for expanding Russian-Iranian cooperation in this fi eld.

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The Corona crisis is a good opportunity to consider a 20-year-old concept in the health system

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Health Transformation Plan in Iran: A New Return to the Declaration of Alma-Ata

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Explaining the Role of Physicians in Urban Comprehensive Health Service Centers After Implementing Health Transformation Plan in Southeast of Iran: A Qualitative Study

Explaining the Role of Physicians in Urban Comprehensive Health Service Centers After Implementing Health Transformation Plan in Southeast of Iran: A Qualitative Study

Development of the health system in Iran

The Corona crisis is a good opportunity to consider a 20-year-old concept in the health system

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