Publications by authors named "Mohammad Jafari-Sirizi"
Introduction: Identifying and exploiting stewardship and financing challenges in Iran's health insurance system as an ecosystem is essential to achieving predetermined goals. This study aimed to determine the challenges and strategies in the Iranian health insurance ecosystem to provide relevant evidence to healthcare managers and policymakers to improve its functions and perform necessary reforms.
Method: This qualitative study was conducted at the national level in Iran.
Introduction: The policy-making process in health reform is challenging due to the complexity of organizations, overlapping roles, and diversity of responsibilities. The present study aims to investigate and analyze the network of actors in the Iran health insurance ecosystem regarding the laws before and after the adoption of the Universal Health Insurance (UHI).
Methods: The present study was done by sequential exploratory mixed method research, consisting of two distinct phases.
Background: One of the major reforms in the health system of any country is the financing reform. Network analysis as a practical method for investigating complex systems allows distinguishing prominent actors in the relation networks. Leading to the identification of the effective actors and key links between them, the analysis of financial networks helps policymakers to implement reformations by providing appropriate evidence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Out-of-pocket (OOP) costs are a major part of the expenditures for healthcare services. In most cases, patient financial protection plans cover only direct medical costs and not other expenses by patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 patients referring medical centers of Kerman to analyse all aspects of OOP, especially after the Health Transformation Plan in Iran.
Background: Strategic purchasing has been introduced as a key strategy for solving the problems faced by insurance companies. In Iran, the government has mandated the Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) to implement this strategy. However, there are serious challenges to achieving that.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cigarette seems to be the least valuable of addictive drugs. It is easily accessible to the public, and its harmful personal and social effects have attracted less attention. Therefore, the present research was carried out with the aim of presenting cost estimations of smoking-related diseases in smokers who aged 35 or higher in Kerman City, Iran, in 2014.
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- The study compares the cost-effectiveness of long-term hemodialysis versus kidney transplants from living and cadaveric donors using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) data from Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman.
- From both patient and hospital perspectives, hemodialysis was found to be significantly more expensive compared to kidney transplants, making transplants the more cost-effective option.
- The findings suggest that efforts should be made to encourage organ donation from both living individuals and those who are brain-dead to improve treatment outcomes.
Urban family physician plan in Iran: challenges of implementation in Kerman.
Med J Islam Repub Iran
February 2016
Background: The Family Physician Plan has recently been implemented in three provinces of Iran on a pilot basis and is going to be implemented throughout Iran in the future. Through a qualitative design, this study aims to determine probable implementation challenges of Family Physician Plan in Kerman.
Methods: This study was conducted in Kerman in 2013.