Towards Reforming Health Provider Payment Methods: Evidence from Iran

Babashahy S., Baghbanian A., Manavi S., Sari A. A., Manesh A. O., Ronasiyan R.

HEALTH SCOPE, cilt.6, sa.1, 2017 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5812/jhealthscope.33575
  • Dergi Adı: HEALTH SCOPE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Equity of access to health and provider payment mechanism in healthcare is a worldwide debated. Healthcare reforms are primarily designed to improve productivity, economic efficiency and quality of care; however, an appropriate reimbursement of healthcare providers for services offered to patients and marinating a robust payment mechanism are not elucidated yet.