Assessing urban family physician program challenges in Iran: the insurance organizations' perspective(2021).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Family Physician Programme is a key health reform in Iran that faces significant challenges in urban areas, particularly in Mazandaran and Fars provinces The study aims to critically evaluate the challenges encountered in the Urban Family Physician Program, with a particular focus on the perspectives of insurance organizations.

Methods

A qualitative approach was adopted, involving semi-structured interviews with 22 experts and managers from basic health insurance funds. Snowball sampling facilitated participant selection, and interviews proceeded until saturation. Data analysis utilized content analysis and Atlas-T software, adhering to COREQ criteria.

Results

Implementation problems of the urban family physician program were categorized into ten Catego

SUBMITTER: Shams L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11265013 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature