Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
13
en
jalali
1401
11
1
gregorian
2023
2
1
37
1
online
1
fulltext
en
Universal Health Coverage in Iran: A Review of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
Health System
Health System
Review Article
Review Article
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide access to basic health services with no financial constraints. In Iran, the major challenges to the implementation of the UHC plan include aggregation and augmentation of resources, something which could threaten the dimension of population coverage and health service delivery. Therefore, this study reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the internal environment as well as the opportunities and threats of the external environment in the UHC plan to help policymakers and decision-makers of the health system.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b>Methods: </b>In this review study, reputable databases were searched for all the relevant papers on UHC to collect data. After that, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis was conducted to organize, collect, and analyze data. The SWOT analysis is a process that has 4 components and 2 dimensions. The 4 components are strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In fact, strengths and weaknesses are considered internal factors and organizational features, whereas opportunities and threats are considered external factors and environmental features. The listed items were then categorized for clarification and transparency within the framework of the 6 building blocks of the World Health Organization (WHO).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b>Results:</b> The relevant studies were reviewed to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of internal environments as well as the opportunities and threats of external environments. The necessary points for better planning and policymaking were then presented.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b>Conclusion:</b> The success of Iran’s UHC plan can be guaranteed by regular capacity building, ongoing education, and empowerment of society in addition to improving intersectoral collaboration and acquiring political commitment to develop more effective and more accountable systems matching variable and dynamic health requirements.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
Universal Health Coverage, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, Iran
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http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-7251-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Elahe
Askarzade
elaheaskarzade@gmail.com
200319475328460075965
200319475328460075965
No
Department of Health Care Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Zahre
Nabizade
zahra.nabizade20@yahoo.com
200319475328460075966
200319475328460075966
No
Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Salime
Goharinezhad
goharinezhad@gmail.com
200319475328460075967
200319475328460075967
No
Pereventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Insttitute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Somaye
Mostaghim
Mostaghim.so@iums.ac.ir
200319475328460075968
200319475328460075968
Yes
Department of Health Care Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran