Analytical review of health policies in development plans in IRI

Long term development plans are tools to draw future outlooks. This paper seeks to examine the health sector within the context of the laws adopted for the development plans after the victory of Islamic Revolution. In this study, a qualitative method was performed using the coordinated methods and analytical technique. In this method, five development plans, adopted in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been studied. All five development plans ratified and adopted after the victory of the Islamic Revolution on health sector were bold with existing related laws and rules. In the first and second development plans, laws on expansion of the health care network and population control exist. In the third development plan, the law deals with the handling over the responsibility of the health care service. In the fourth and fifth plans, the law insists on the reduction of payments out of the pockets of the patients while enhancing efficiency. A glance at the related-health care materials in five development plans show that the program was initially adopted to deal with the physical development of the health care centers in public sectors. At the beginning of third development plan, the facilities over of the health care services was taken into consideration while regarding the distributive equity. In the fourth and fifth plans the concepts, such as health care equity or justice were introduced and the outlook from physical development was shifted to justice and financial equity in health care service.