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Table 1 General information of Iranian health system (1994 and 2013)a b c(Iran Parliament research Center, 1994)

From: Fail to prepare and you can prepare to fail: the experience of financing path changes in teaching hospitals in Iran

 

1994

2013

Population

60,055,000

76, 921, 859

Total expenditure on health of GDP

7 %

5.6 %

Hospital bed index

1.5 beds per 1000 people

1.4 beds per 1000 people

Medical Insurance Coverage

40 %

83 %

Physician population

40266

137639

  1. aSource: I.R. Iran,2013, http://www.amar.org.ir/default.aspx
  2. bSource: I.R. Iran, MOHME, 2012. http://www.pooyasamaneh.net
  3. c http://www.behdasht.gov.ir/2013