Taṣvīr-i salāmat (May 2022)

Primary Health Care and COVID-19 Pandemic in the Islamic Republic of Iran

  • Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi,
  • Alireza Raeisi,
  • Saeed Namaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.34172/doh.2022.11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. Suppl 1
pp. S1 – 10

Abstract

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The Health System (HS) in the Islamic Republic of Iran is designed in three levels: the first level (Primary Health Care (PHC) system), second level (specialized polyclinics/clinics, general and specialized hospitals), and the third level including sub-specialized hospitals. Iran's HS has passed evolutionary and progressive stages since 1984, thus becoming a comprehensive, people-centered, responsive, and low-cost system, based on the available evidence.

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