The Study Designing A Sustainable Financing Model For Health Promotion Services In Iran

Abstract

Background: Sustainable financing for Health Promotion Services (HPS) has always been challenged and attracted the attention of health domain politicians. This study was conducted to aim at designing a sustainable health financing model for HPS in IranMethods: This combined study was conducted in two phases. First, the published comparative study of sustainable financing for HPS and comprehensive study of the related current documents with this subject from 2005 to 2017 were used. In the second phase, the qualitative interviews for Iran’s current situation and capacities for sustainable health financing of HPS and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) meetings for finalized the aforementioned model were used.Results: The rules and advantages of levying sin tax, the related stakeholders in sustainable health financing, challenges and solutions of gathering, pooling, and purchasing of sustainable financial resources have been extracted.Conclusion: According to the results, there is no political and national commitment to executing sustainable health financing regulations in Iran. Lack of necessary infrastructures for their execution, resistance, and disagreement of harmful good industries are the barriers to executing these regulations. The model was suggested establishing a health promotion foundation and the permanent law for execution necessity and legitimacy of receiving public budget, sin tan, health tax, and duties will be provided.