Strategies | Sub-strategies | Fsr | Citation | Experts |
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Structural reforms | Precedence of prevention over treatment in health budgetary allocation | 11 | Â | |
Reprioritization of the health budget within the government budget | 10 | Â | ||
Budget flexibility in special circumstances | 6 | Â | ||
Budget prioritization for health based on changes in epidemiology and disease burden | 5 | Â | ||
Modeling and forecasting the growth trend of health costs and financial strategies | 5 | Â | ||
Increasing the share of insurance (private and public) and prepaid financial resources in health system financing | 3 | Â | ||
Establishing R&D centers and applied research in the field of health system financing | 2 | Â | ||
Development of zero-based budgeting | 1 | [12] | Â | |
Budgetary allocation based on achievements in the treatment sector | 1 | [53] | Â | |
Allocating a certain percentage of the country’s GDP to the health sector |  |  | \(\checkmark\) | |
Establishment and development of an operational budgeting approach (based on performance) in the health system | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Allocating part of the budget to encourage achievements related to health | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Increase in Efficiency of Health Expenditures | Evaluating the optimal use of available resources and reducing waste of resources | 17 | Â | |
Development of universal health coverage plans | 12 | Â | ||
Increasing skill development (or skill enhancement) of healthcare workers | 10 | Â | ||
Evaluating the efficiency of budgetary allocation in the health sector | 8 | Â | ||
Supply and demand management in the health sector and supply chain improvement and strategic purchase of drugs and equipment | 7 | Â | ||
Prevention of corruption, rent, and conflict of interest in health governance | 7 | Â | ||
Development of public health education, self-care, and the level of literacy and health capabilities of society | 6 | Â | ||
Modifying the payment mechanism to health service providers | 5 | Â | ||
Use of decision support systems and evidence-based policy development | 4 | Â | ||
Multi-layered financing of the health system to allocate public resources to vulnerable groups | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Development of resistance economy approach in the health system | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Integrating basic social insurance funds | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Outsourcing services with an emphasis on systematic monitoring | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Strengthening the monitoring of the performance of service delivery units | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Identifying and reducing induced demand in providing health care based on clinical guidelines | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Identifying and reducing the moral risks of the insured in the health system | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Separation of the roles of supervision, provision of care, and monitor the health system | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Health Sector-Specific Grants and Foreign Aid | Use of foreign aid | 10 | Â | |
Foreign borrowing | 9 | Â | ||
Foreign aid through technology transfer | 2 | Â | ||
Conducive Macroeconomic Conditions | Development of the country’s taxation system | 11 |  | |
Planning to reduce sanctions and the economic effects it caused | 3 | Â | ||
Increasing the government budget balance | 2 | Â | ||
Reducing economic dependence on oil exports and underground resources | 2 | Â | ||
Control and management of the health sector inflation | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Increase in Health Sector-Specific Resources | Establishing and increasing earmarked taxes for the health sector | 19 | [7, 15, 17, 28, 30, 33–35, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 54, 57, 61–63] |  |
Encouraging private investment in the health sector | 9 | Â | ||
Attracting the participation of non-governmental organizations and philanthropists in the health sector | 4 | Â | ||
Allocation of resources from the targeting of subsidies to the health sector | 3 | Â | ||
Withdrawal from financial funds and strategic reserves of the country in times of health crisis | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Development of joint healthcare plans and investments with other government agencies | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
donation-based crowdfunding and voluntary participation of people | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Encouraging foreign investment in health | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Using the capacity of the capital market for macro healthcare project financing | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Tax exemptions for economic activists in the health sector during the crisis | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) | |
Allocating a share of public service payments to the health sector | Â | Â | \(\checkmark\) |