Open Access<p>An Evidence-Informed and Key Informants-Appraised Conceptual Framework for an Integrated Elderly Health Care Governance in Iran (IEHCG-IR)</p>
Author(s) -
Mehdi Abbasian,
Abdolreza Shaghaghi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s258661
Subject(s) - health care , population , population ageing , medicine , delphi method , corporate governance , business , environmental health , economic growth , economics , statistics , mathematics , finance
Population ageing has been steadily rising in Iran and in the over 60-year-old population, the ratio increased from 5.4% in 1986 to 8.6% in 2016 which represents an increase of 4.3 million over the past three decades. The inevitable impacts of a growing elderly population on the demand-side of the health care provision (HCP) equilibrium call for an urgent revision of the current arrangements of the Iran's National health care system (INHS). The main aim of this study was to scrutinize the best available scientific evidence on the international integrated elderly health care governance (HCG) models to revamp health care practice and policy-making processes in Iran.