Open AccessHome Care Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Justice-Oriented Perspective
Author(s) -
Vahid Alipour,
Hadi Hamidi,
Aghdas Souresrafil,
Saeed Bagheri Faradonbeh,
Mohammadreza Sheikhy-Chaman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
evidence based health policy, management and economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-4716
pISSN - 2538-5070
DOI - 10.18502/jebhpme.v5i3.7287
Subject(s) - pandemic , equity (law) , business , health care , covid-19 , population , economic growth , psychological intervention , public relations , medicine , political science , environmental health , nursing , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , law
During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with better general conditions are sent to their own homes for self-quarantine due to a lack of resources in the health system, especially the lack of beds and human resources. Improving patient care may force households to inevitably use home care services, which can be examined from the health equity perspective. In the first step, home care services should be expanded by medical universities in all regions of the country, including less developed areas. In the second step, the financial protection of the recipients of these services should be provided through interventions, such as health insurance coverage. In addition, after the COVID-19 pandemic (post-corona period), it is necessary to organize home care services as soon as possible due to the population aging trend. Finally, despite the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, it is better to use the challenges, actions, and lessons learned from this crisis to complete the infrastructure of the health system in various ways.