.... The leading countries in hospital quality improvement and management have generally moved towards models of hospital administration under public guidance and supervision or so-called public governance. This research will be carried out to provide a public governance model for Iran's hospitals, focusing...

... was to investigate the importance and level of health system responsiveness (HSR) from the perspective of people with disabilities in Iran. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study was carried out using multi-stage sampling in Kurdistan province in 2020. Of 1,067 participants, 889 and 520 had used...

...Mohammad Ali Jalilvand; Ahmad Reza Raeisi; Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh Purpose Hospital governance accountability structures in Iran, similar to other countries, have undergone various reforms with different goals. The current study aimed to identify the rules and regulations of the hospital...

... light on the barriers and drivers of digital health in Iran. Design/methodology/approach The researchers conducted interviews with actors of digital health businesses in Iran, including the Health Information Technology Center affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME...

...Manal Etemadi; Kioomars Ashtarian; Nader Ganji Purpose Reducing inequity in health between the poor and the rich is one of the challenges of the Iranian health sector. Access to health services in Iran is lower in the lowest-income quarter, and the rich use health services more. The purpose...

...Taha Nasiri; Shahram Yazdani; Lida Shams; Amirhossein Takian Purpose Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) count for over 80% of premature death worldwide. More than 76% of the total burden of diseases in Iran is devoted to NCDs. In line with the World Health Organization action plan, Iran has developed...

... purchasing of health services related to the advanced medical equipment in Iran. Design/methodolgy/approach It was a national qualitative document analysis conducted in 2019 applying content analysis approach. The four-step Scott method was used to include the documents in terms of authenticity...

... in the centralised health system of Iran. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research stance was adopted incorporating three main sources of information: face to face in‐depth interviews and focus groups conducted with hospital senior managers at the teaching hospitals in Kerman city, Iran, as well...