ReviewJournal of education and health promotion2021
Strategic purchasing and the performance of health-care systems in upper middle income countries: A comparative study.
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- Financing of non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- A comprehensive review on strategic purchasing of diagnostic imaging services.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Review
- Factors Required to Develop Strategic Purchasing for Diagnostic Imaging Services: An Expert Opinion.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Article
- The economic cost of cancer treatment in Iran.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Iranian health financing system challenges to promote health outcomes: Qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundProviding financial resources for health services is one of the most important issues in the study of health systems, of which purchasing health services is very essential. The World Health Organization considers strategic purchasing as a key option for improving the performance of health systems. The aim of this study was to identify payment methods for service providers and strategic purchasing strategies in upper middle income countries. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe present study was conducted in the form of a comparative analysis involving comprehensive surveys from 2000 to 2019, by searching keywords for the objective of the study by the search engines through databases including ProQuest, PubMed, Google Scholar, Irandoc, SID, Magiran, Science Direct, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, EBSCO, and Cochrane.
resultsA total of five upper middle income countries that used strategic purchases entered the study. Overall, all of them implemented rather similar strategies in terms of strategic purchasing and paying to the providers of the services.
conclusionAccording to the results of this study, per capita payment for primary health-care and outpatient services seems to be the best option for controlling the costs of the health sector, while the appropriate option for the inpatient department is the most common use of diagnosis-related group. The payment method is to control the costs of the inpatient department.
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