Impact of the Iranian Health Sector Evolution Plan on Rehospitalization: An Analysis of 158000 Hospitalizations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In May 2014, Iran launched the most far-reaching reform for the health sector, so-called Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP), since introduction of the primary health care network, with a systematic plan to bring about Universal Health Coverage. We aimed to analyze the time to first all-caused rehospitalization and all-caused 30-day readmission rate in the biggest referral hospital of Northwest of Iran before and after the reform.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed discharge data for all hospitalization occurred in the six-year period of 2011-2017. The primary endpoints were readmission-free survival, and overall 30-day readmission rate. Using multivariate cox proportional hazards regression and logistic regression, we assessed between-period differences for read

SUBMITTER: Janati A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213611 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature