A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran
In the current scenario, financing suffers from problems related to lack of specific line for UFFP, lack of resource pooling, delay in payment to physicians, and conflict of interests among family physician team. As a result, this policy brief was formulated based on the role of FPs in public access...
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| author | Mozhgan Fardid Mehdi Jafari Abbas Vosoogh-Moghaddam |
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| description | In the current scenario, financing suffers from problems related to lack of specific line for UFFP, lack of resource pooling, delay in payment to physicians, and conflict of interests among family physician team. As a result, this policy brief was formulated based on the role of FPs in public access to general practitioner (GP) services in the referral system on one hand, followed by the impact of it on health costs reduction on the another hand, and further considering the necessity of financing system audit to find a sustainable resources for this program to be implemented at a national level in the country of Iran. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea33177c71c0429e8097a701dd7d1b992022-12-22T01:30:50ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01931413141710.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_997_19A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of IranMozhgan FardidMehdi JafariAbbas Vosoogh-MoghaddamIn the current scenario, financing suffers from problems related to lack of specific line for UFFP, lack of resource pooling, delay in payment to physicians, and conflict of interests among family physician team. As a result, this policy brief was formulated based on the role of FPs in public access to general practitioner (GP) services in the referral system on one hand, followed by the impact of it on health costs reduction on the another hand, and further considering the necessity of financing system audit to find a sustainable resources for this program to be implemented at a national level in the country of Iran.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=3;spage=1413;epage=1417;aulast=Fardidfamily physiciansfamily practicehealthcare financinghealth policyiranprimary healthcare |
| spellingShingle | Mozhgan Fardid Mehdi Jafari Abbas Vosoogh-Moghaddam A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care family physicians family practice healthcare financing health policy iran primary healthcare |
| title | A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran |
| title_full | A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran |
| title_fullStr | A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran |
| title_short | A policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program: An experience from urban areas of Iran |
| title_sort | policy brief on improving the finance of family physician program an experience from urban areas of iran |
| topic | family physicians family practice healthcare financing health policy iran primary healthcare |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=3;spage=1413;epage=1417;aulast=Fardid |
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