The impact of the Iranian health transformation plan policy on equitable access to medical imaging services in West Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Equity in the delivery of health services, including diagnostic imaging, is crucial to achieving universal health coverage. The Health Transformation Plan (HTP), launched in 2014, represents a major healthcare policy to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare services. This study aimed to explore the impact of the HTP on equity in the access to medical imaging in Lorestan province, located in west Iran, from 2014 to 2023. Annual growth rates (AGR) of imaging devices were calculated, whilst equity assessment of medical imaging distribution was carried out by means of the Gini coefficient and the Lorenz curve per 100,000 population. The latter was generated using the cumulative distribution of imaging devices, as well as the cumulative population ratio.

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SUBMITTER: Saran M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10680178 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature