Background: One of the main challenges of healthcare systems is to protect people from consequences of health expenditures. Such expenditures may lead to catastrophic financial …
Background: One of the objectives of the health transformation plan (HTP) in Iran is to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for inpatient services and eradicate informal …
Objectives To investigate trends and socio‐economic disparities in the catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and health impoverishment in China after major reform of the health …
Background Providing rehabilitation services in primary health care (PHC) is associated with numerous health, social, and economic benefits. Therefore, low and middle-income …
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 …
S Garg, KK Bebarta, N Tripathi - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background The elderly face a greater burden of illnesses than other age groups and have a more frequent need of healthcare, including in-patient hospitalisations. Catastrophic …
OBJECTIVES The health transformation program was a recent reform in the health system of Iran that was implemented in early 2014. Some of the program's important goals were to …
Background The initial purpose of healthcare systems around the world is to promote and maintain the health of the population. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a new approach …
Abstract Background and Objectives: Responsiveness is a response to the reasonable expectations of people about non-clinical aspects of the health system. The purpose of this …