Inpatient Out-of-Pocket in Iran After Health Transformation Plan

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Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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Inpatient Out-of-Pocket in Iran After Health Transformation Plan

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Dear Editor,

Piroozi et al have recently reported on out-of-pocket (OOP) payment in hospitalized patients from Sanandaj, west of Iran after health transformation plan (HTP).1 ... (Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 03 January 2018
  • Revise Date: 25 February 2018
  • Accept Date: 03 April 2018
  • First Publish Date: 01 September 2018

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