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Health Inequalities And Development Plans In Iran: An Analysis Of The Past Three Decades (1984–2010), H Zare, A Trujillo, J Driessen, M Ghasemi, G Gallego
Health Inequalities And Development Plans In Iran: An Analysis Of The Past Three Decades (1984–2010), H Zare, A Trujillo, J Driessen, M Ghasemi, G Gallego
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Introduction: Reducing inequalities in health care is one of the main challenges in all countries. In Iran as in other oil-exporting upper middle income countries, we expected to witness fewer inequalities especially in the health sector with the increase in governmental revenues.
Methods: This study presents an inequalities assessment of health care expenditures in Iran. We used data from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Iran from 1984–2010. The analysis included 308,735 urban and 342,532 rural households.
Results: The results suggest heightened inequality in health care expenditures in Iran over the past three decades, including an increase in …