Healthcare priority-setting criteria and social values in Iran: an investigation of local evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Integrating social values into health technology assessment processes is an important component of proper healthcare priority setting. This study aims to identify social values related to healthcare priority setting in Iran.

Method

A scoping review was conducted on original studies that investigating social values in the healthcare system in Iran. The databases of PubMed, EMBASE, and EBSCO were searched with no restrictions on time and language. The reported criteria were clustered using Sham's framework of social value analysis in health policy.

Results

Twenty-one studies published between 2008 and 2022 met the inclusion criteria. Fourteen of the included studies followed a quantitative approach with different methods to identify criteria, and the remain

SUBMITTER: Goudarzi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11570097 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature