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Javad Babaie, Safa Elmi,
Volume 2, Issue 3 (12-2019)
Abstract
Introduction: Drugs are one of the essential components in diseases treatment process. Their to-the-point prescription in terms of quality and quantity and their cost are important issues that should be focused by health providing authorities. The present study aims at evaluating the average of prescribed items and their costs in family physician program involved health centers and hospital in 2017 Hashtrood, Iran.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data on prescriptions, items and their averages costs were collected from Hashtrood healthcare centers and hospital. The data were processed by Microsoft Excel. Then, the Mean and Pearson correlation was analyzed by SPSS20
Results: Totally 72806 prescriptions were issued in 2017. The average of prescribed drugs was 2.79 ± 0/36 for each prescription and the average price was 116123 ± 12486/09 IRL. The highest number of prescribed drugs was for Hashtrood hospital, but the highest price was for the health center No 1.
Conclusion: The average of prescribed drugs in Family physician program in Hashtrood was less than the national average and the averages mentioned in other published literature. It shows the relative success to control the number of prescribed drugs; however some health centers need more attention and assessments.
Sharareh Mirsaeidi Farahani, Ahmad Vedadi, Ali Rezaeian,
Volume 4, Issue 2 (8-2021)
Abstract
Introduction: The Internet revolution in recent decades and the emergence of smart technologies have changed all aspects of business and the health industry is no exception to this rule. Despite of significant advances in recent years, this field has been facing serious challenges and the use of smart technologies can address many of them. Therefore, this study aimed to provide an interpretive structural model for the establishment of smart services in the Iranian health sector.
Methods: This research in terms of purpose was development- applied and based on method and nature was descriptive- survey. It has also been done using Interpretive- Structural Modeling technique and penetration- dependence analysis in 2020. Data collection tools were document references, semi-structured interviews, and paired comparison survey forms.
Results: Based on the research findings, national preparedness, deployment planning, stage-setting, execution management, task organization framework, organizational interventions and resistance management were identified as dimensions of the model. “National preparedness” dimension was settled at the third level of the model as an independent variable. The dimensions of “stage- setting and deployment planning” were also included as independent variables and other dimensions were included as related variables.
Conclusion: The results of the current study help policymakers in the health sector to use the proposed model as a framework for promotion and continuous improvement in this field and also, achieving the goals of the legal duties of the fifth and sixth development plans of the country in the Health field based on the establishment of an Electronic Health Record System for Iranians with the aim of providing Electronic Health Services, including the Electronic Prescription project.
Leila Ghamkhar, Mohammad Effatpanah, Mehdi Rezaee, Sepideh Mirsalehi, Keyvan Tajbakhsh, Fatemeh Hajialiasgari,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (9-2023)
Abstract
Introduction: Daroyar project was implemented with the aim of regulating fair and sustainable access of people to medicines and increasing insurance coverage. This study investigated the effect of the plan on the number of prescriptions and the cost of the health insurance organization.
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional retrospective study. The research community is the outpatient electronic prescription of drugs of Iranian health insurance organization in the second 6 months of 1400 and 1401. In this study, the number of drug prescriptions, the cost paid by the insurance organization, and the number of service-providing pharmacies were extracted from the prescription dashboards of the Health Insurance Organization's electronic system. Data analysis was done using Excel 2019 software.
Results: The number of prescriptions increased by 71% and costs by 251% in 1401. The average cost increased by 105%, but the average number of prescriptions, excluding preferred currency, decreased by 12%. The preferred currency share of the total cost paid by the organization for electronic drug prescription was 57%. The highest cost paid by the organization was to Tehran province (13%). The amount of preferred currency has been increasing from October to March.
Conclusion: The Daroyar project has led to the improvement of people's access to pharmaceutical services. The decrease in the average net share of the organization per prescription is a sign of the coverage of cheap drugs. The significant share of the preferred currency indicates the success of the project in providing domestically produced drugs.
