Change in health spending after implementation of a health transformation plan in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health transformation plan (HTP) implemented in Iran since 2014 to improve accessibility and financial protection of patients. This study aimed to assess the impact of HTP on health spending in Iran.

Methods

This was a quasi-experimental design using Interrupted Time Series. All registered impatient records in Iran health insurance organization (IHIO) for the population of Mazandaran province (1,628,919 population in 2011), north of Iran from March 2010 to February 2019 were included. Data for three depended variables: hospitalization rate, average inpatient cost and inpatient expenditure per capita was extracted in 96 monthly observations. Segmented regression analysis was done in R version 3.6.1.

Results

Hospitalization rate in 2010 was 6.6 in 1000 people

SUBMITTER: Esmaeili R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173793 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature