The Projection of Iran's Healthcare Expenditures By 2030: Evidence of a Time-Series Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The projection of levels and composition of financial resources for the healthcare expenditure (HCE) and relevant trends can provide a basis for future health financing reforms. This study aimed to project Iran's HCEs by the sources of funds until 2030.

Methods

The structural macro-econometric modeling in the EViews 9 software was employed to simulate and project Iran's HCE by the sources of funds (government health expenditure [GHCE], social security organization health expenditure [SOHCE], out-of-pocket [OOP] payments, and prepaid private health expenditure [PPHCE]). The behavioral equations were estimated by autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach.

Results

If there is a 5%-increase in Iran's oil revenues, the mean growth rate of gross domestic pro

SUBMITTER: Jahanmehr N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9818126 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature