Policy Analysis of the Health System Based on the Advocacy Coalition Frameworks (Case Study: Iran's Health system Reform plan)

In this paper, Authors tried to explore and explain the development of the health system through the Advocacy Coalition framework as a framework for analyzing the process of change. The nature and objectives of the research required the use of a qualitative approach and two methods of library and interviewing. The snowball method has been used to select the interviewees and the thematic analysis method used to analyze the interview data. The results of semi-structured interviews with 12 experts represent the results of the study indicate the ability of the Advocacy Coalition framework to explain the policy change process of the health system. The four steps in formulating of Iran's Health system Reform plan are including: 1. National consensus; 2. Change in ruling coalition; 3. The emergence of opposition groups; 4. Selecting a strategy for confronting and implementing a policy.