TY - JOUR ID - 2871 TI - Macroeconomic Policies and Increasing Social-Health Inequality in Iran JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Zaboli, Rouhollah AU - Seyedin, Seyed Hesam AU - Malmoon, Zainab AD - Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 3 IS - 3 SP - 129 EP - 134 KW - Macroeconomic Policies KW - Social Determinants of Health (SDH) KW - Inequality KW - Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) KW - Iran DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.70 N2 - Background Health is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from different approaches. Despite a growing research in the areas of Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and health equity, effects of macroeconomic policies on the social aspect of health are unknown in developing countries. This study aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing of the social-health inequality in Iran.   Methods This study was a mixed method research. The study population consisted of experts dealing with social determinants of health. A purposive, stratified and non-random sampling method was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the data along with a multiple attribute decision-making method for the quantitative phase of the research in which the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) was employed for prioritization. The NVivo and MATLAB softwares were used for data analysis.   Results Seven main themes for the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing the social-health inequality were identified. The result of TOPSIS approved that the inflation and economic instability exert the greatest impact on social-health inequality, with an index of 0.710 and the government policy in paying the subsidies with a 0.291 index has the lowest impact on social-health inequality in the country.   Discussion It is required to invest on the social determinants of health as a priority to reduce health inequality. Also, evaluating the extent to which the future macroeconomic policies impact the health of population is necessary. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2871.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2871_5f3306b2fa555e82b5c1830a89cde969.pdf ER -