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Markazi-Moghaddam, Nader, Aryankhesal, Aidin 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-227X and Arab, Mohammad
(2014)
The first stages of liberalization of public hospitals in Iran: Establishment of autonomous hospitals and the barriers.
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43 (12).
pp. 1640-1650.
ISSN 2251-6085
Abstract
Background: Liberalization and decentralization of public sector has been triggered in some developing countries and in Iran by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) that granted autonomy to 54 public hospitals. However, establishment of such a complex organizational reform was rather unsuccessful. We aimed to explore the obstacles and barriers caused such a failure and their mechanisms. Methods: Using a qualitative approach in 2013, we consulted key informants at the autonomous hospitals and their affiliating universities. Data collection was done within two phases: (i) 276 unstructured questionnaires asking respondents of barriers, and (ii) 23 semi-structured interviews from the first phase’s key respondents. The first phase data were analyzed using thematic analysis and the second’s by framework approach based on the frame shaped at the first phase. Results: Nine obstacles were recognized including “autonomous hospitals’ board composition”, “delay in announcing autonomous hospitals’ charges by the MOHME”, “lack of financing by the committed organizations”, “poor follow up for implementation of the reform”, “irregular board meetings”, “lack of an external overseer”, “shortage of full-time physicians”, “lack of management stability”, and “health insurance organizations’ delayed payments”. Conclusion: The MOHME and insurance organizations did not pay the reform expenses. There were some competing motives as well to slow the reform or to shut it down. The stages of policy formulation and implementation were done separately in Iran, so this big organizational reform encountered serious obstacles.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © 2014, Iranian J Publ Health. All rights reserved. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | autonomous hospitals,health policy analysis,hospital reform,iran,privatization,public health, environmental and occupational health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2739 |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2023 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2023 01:18 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91452 |
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