Health Services Financing

Hospital financing through the capital market; Explain the underlying factors in financing policy and its ordering

Background: Hospital, as the largest and most important health system unit, has the highest costs. Governments cannot finance all of the costs of this sector, so reforms are inevitable. In this regard, researchers have explained the underlying factors in financing policy and its commanding. Materials & Methods: This study is a descriptive study done by qualitatively and quantitatively method i...

Health Financing Consequences of Implementing Health Transformation Plan in Iran: Achievements and Challenges

Sustainable Financing Strategies for the Iranian Health System: A Scoping Review

Background and Aim:  The health financing system is the process of collecting, pooling and managing financial resources to purchase health services. Sustainable financing of the Iranian health system is crucial for achieving universal health coverage. The purpose of this study was to identify strategies for sustainable financing of the Iranian health system. Materials and Methods:  This study ...

Issues in Rural Health: Access, Hospitals, and Reform

This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Access to Health Care Services in Rural Areas: Delivery and Financing Issues." These articles focus on the following topics: rural hospitals (including closures, the impact of Federal grants, network development, and costs), managed care in rural areas, telemedicine, and the delivery of menta...

Strategic Analysis of the Iranian Health Financing System: A Scoping Review

Background and Aim: The health system financing is the process of collecting, pooling and managing financial resources and purchasing healthcare services. Health financing plays an important role in achieving the health system goals and objectives specially universal health coverage. The aim of this study was to strategically analyze the Iranian health financing system and recommend strategies ...

New Directions and Developments in Managed Care Financing

This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Managed Care: Advances in Financing." Articles cover the cutting-edge developments in payment methods for managed care organizations and their providers; new approaches to financing managed health care services for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and special sub-populations; and the finan...