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Does rural health system reform aimed at improving access to primary health care affect hospitalization rates? An interrupted time series analysis of national policy reforms in Iran
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Journal Article
Does rural health system reform aimed at improving access to primary health care affect hospitalization rates? An interrupted time series analysis of national policy reforms in Iran
2019
Overview
Objectives
To evaluate the effects of rural health insurance and family physician reforms on hospitalization rates in Iran.
Methods
An interrupted time series analysis of national monthly hospitalization rates in Iran (2003–2014), starting from two years before the intervention. Segmented regression analysis was used to assess the effects of the reforms on hospitalization rates.
Results
The analyses showed that hospitalization rates increased one year after the initiation of the reforms: 1.55 (95% CI: 1.24–1.86) additional hospitalizations per 1000 rural inhabitants per month (‘immediate effect’). This increase was followed by a further gradual increase of 0.034 per 1000 inhabitants per month (95% CI: 0.02–0.04). The gradual monthly increase continued for two years after the reforms. The higher hospitalization rates were maintained in the following years. We observed a significant increase in hospitalization rates at a national level in rural areas that continued for over 10 years after the policy implementation.
Conclusion
Primary health care reforms are often proposed for their efficiency outcomes (i.e. reduction in costs and use of hospitals) as well as their impact on improving health outcomes. We demonstrated that in populations with unmet needs, such reforms are likely to substantially increase hospitalization rates. This is an important consideration for successful design and implementation of interventions aimed at achieving universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Ltd,SAGE Publications,Sage Publications Ltd
Subject
/ Reforms
