Journal:
:iranian red crescent medical journal
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hesam ghiasvand department of health economics, school of health management and information sciences, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
hassan abolghasem gorji department of health services management, school of health management and information sciences, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; health management and economics research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
mohammadreza maleki department of health services management, school of health management and information sciences, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
mohammad hadian department of health economics, school of health management and information sciences, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of health economics, school of health management and information sciences, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2188794302, fax: +98-2188883334
conclusions considering iran’s economic condition during the last five years, the catastrophic health expenditure headcount ratio was more than 2% in iran. materials and methods this descriptive study on iranian rural and urban households was conducted from april to june 2015. the sample sizes were 19437 rural and 18888 urban households that iranian statistical centre (isc) selected them throug...