Table 1 The themes, sub-themes and codes
Themes | Sub-themes | Codes |
|---|---|---|
The direct effects of sanctions on health issues | Less affordability of healthcare services | • Ffluctuateing and sharp increase of healthcare services prices • Increasing out-of-pocket payment for healthcare services • Delay in reimbursement by health insurance |
Limited availability and accessibility to medicine | • Difficulties in access to medicines • Shortage of medicines | |
Low quality of medicines | • Replacing the high-quality medical products with lower quality • Procurement of medicine from the black market with unreliable quality | |
The side effects of sanctions on non-health issues | Perceived devastation and Decreased social trust | • Frustration • Instability • Future uncertainty • Distrust and disappointment (distrust to govrnment) |
Life’s economic hardships | • Lower capacity to pay for essential living needs (including meal, medical expenditures, and other commodities) | |
Coping strategies in response to sanctions’ effects | Re-prioritizing individual and family needs | • Prioritising ones co-morbidities • Prioritising health needs of several sick persons in a family • Re-prioritising living needs vs. health/illness-management needs |
Procrastination | • Ignoring illness symptoms • Delaying illness treatment and management |