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Impact of the Health Transformation Plan on the Number of Surgical Operations and Their Cancelation.
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- The Impact of the Health Transformation Plan on Hospital Performance Indicators: A Meta-analysis Study in an EMRO Region Country.International journal of preventive medicine · 2024Review
- Length of Hospital Stay and Its Related Factors in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Non-medical risk factors associated with postponing elective surgery: a prospective observational study.BMC medical ethics · 2021Observational
- Iran health insurance system in transition: equity concerns and steps to achieve universal health coverage.International journal for equity in health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Operation cancelations are a serious problem with undesirable consequences. The Health Transformation Plan was launched in the health system of Iran on May 5, 2014, to enhance the efficiency and quality of services in public hospitals. Comprehensive coverage of patients' basic treatment needs and reduction of patients' out-of-pocket expenditures through insurance for all are other objectives of Health Transformation Plan as well. Then, the present study aimed to determine the impact of the Health Transformation Plan on the number of surgical operations and the cancelation of elective surgeries within public hospitals of Iran. This retrospective comparative study was conducted in 2017 within 2 tertiary public hospitals in the South-East of Iran. Using systematic random sampling method and census, 8138 scheduled surgical files and all canceled operations files were reviewed from April 2012 to March 2017, respectively. A standard checklist was used for data collection. The data were analyzed using χ
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