The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Insurance Benefit Package Revision in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Iran considers the revision of its health insurance benefit package (HIBP) as a means to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Yet, its decision-making process has been criticised for being weak in terms of accountability and transparency. This paper reports on the development and implementation of the HIBP revision in Iran in the period 2019-2021, employing evidence-informed deliberative processes (EDPs), a framework for benefit package design with the explicit aim of optimising the legitimacy of decision-making.

Methods

The High Council for Health Insurance (HCHI) is coordinating the HIBP revision: it planned the six steps of the EDP framework with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and Radboudumc in 2019, and conducted a pilot project on multiple s

SUBMITTER: Nouhi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9818091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature