A Comparative Study of the Objectives, Plans and Challenges of Health system Development in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkey and the United States

Achieving an efficient and effective health system, requires designing development programs and proper implementation of them. In recent years, various countries including Iran have defined development programs in this field; Evidence suggests that the success in Health Care depends on several factors, among them is to review the experiences of other countries. This article introduces the Health development program and its challenges in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Then the health development programs in Turkey, as a successful example, and Obama Health Care Insurance as an unsuccessful example have been examined. Findings show that the determination of macro-political management, financial plan, the proper definition of functions and structures, and having vision and integrated plans, play an effective role in the success of health development plan.