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ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2019

Cost analysis based on performance indicators during Healthcare Reform Plan in selected educational hospitals.

Pouran Raeissi, Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, Aziz Rezapour, Mohammad Afrouzi, Saeed Sheikh Gholami, Noureddin Niknam

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Pouran RaeissiHealth Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farbod Ebadi Fard AzarHealth Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Aziz RezapourHealth Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad AfrouziDepartment of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saeed Sheikh GholamiHealth Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Noureddin NiknamHealth Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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introductionHospitals are the main axis of health-care reforms or national health plans; therefore, accurate recognition of hospital costs based on operational indexes to these plans is necessary. The impact of implementing national health plans on the performance of health systems is ambiguous and misleading; therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the impact of Healthcare Reform Plan (HRP) on the micro level (e.g., educational or university hospitals).

methodsThis study was a descriptive retrospective study that research variables are checked in 1 year before and mean of 3 years after implementation of HRP by self-administrated checklist in selected public-educational hospitals covered by the medical universities in Tehran. The final analysis of the data was performed using cost-performance ratio and independent

resultsUnlike adjusted hospitalization costs, most operational indexes were not significant. The per capita cost adjusted of hospitalization in first and mean of 3 years after HRP increased 49.49% and 16.31%, respectively (

conclusionGiven the lack of alignment in adjusted cost changes in exchange for functional indicators, certainly, it cannot be argued that HRP had a favorable or undesirable effect on the hospitals.

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CostHealthcare Reform Planhospitaloperational indexes

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