Policy Options to Reduce Fragmentation in the Pooling of Health Insurance Funds in Iran

• Main Authors: Mohammad Bazyar (Author), Arash Rashidian (Author), Sumit Kane (Author), Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi (Author), Ali Akbari Sari (Author), Leila Doshmangir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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There are fragmentations in Iran's health insurance system. Multiple health insurance funds exist, without adequate provisions for transfer or redistribution of cross subsidy among them. Multiple risk pools, including several private secondary insurance schemes, have resulted in a tiered health...