Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Inputs of Iranian health system reform plan from health sector managers and policy‑makers’ points of view

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian
. Elahe Khorasani 1
. Mohsen Ghaffari Darab 2
. Manal Etemadi 3
. Mahan Mohammadi

1 Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Administration, School of Pharmacy, Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran

2 School of Management and Information Sciences, Health Human Resources Research Center, Medical University of Shiraz, Shiraz,

3 Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
CONTEXT: Health system reform plan refers to conducting some fundamental, systematic, and
sustainable changes.
AIMS: The aim of the present study was to evaluate different required inputs of Iran Health
Transformation Plan from experts’ viewpoints.
SETTINGS AND DESIGN: The data of this qualitative study were collected using semi‑structured
interviews.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The purposive sampling method led to 18 participant selection and
then they were interviewed. Interviewees were assured about confidentiality of information.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: The thematic analysis method and MAXQDA software were
employed for analyzing the data.
RESULTS: There were 4 main themes and 35 subthemes extracted including management
requirements for health development plan, human resources, information resources, and financial
resources. Each theme had subthemes such as “resource allocation,” “development of required
standards for human resources,” “human resources’ motivation,” “failures in IT infrastructures,”
“hospital information management software,” “guidelines and instructions,” “costs controlling,” and
“financing the plan”.
CONCLUSIONS: Results of the present study put significant emphasis on the path of improving
the effectiveness and efficacy of applying the discussed inputs, which can be a light for revising
past policies and taking better future steps, it also can be a resource guide for policy‑makers and
managers of the health‑care system.

Keywords

Health system reform plan
health‑care system
inputs
inputs of Iran’s health system reform plan
qualitative research
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 8, Issue 10
October 2018
Pages 1-8

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