Factors Affecting Organizations Affiliated to Iran's Supportive Health Insurance System

The boundaries of providing heath care to patients have become so widespread that provide all these services in the form of health insurance at least not economically feasible. In many countries, supplementary insurance is used to provide health care. This research has been conducted to determine the effective factors on organizations supporting the supplementary health insurance system in selected countries and Iran.

The present study is a descriptive-analytic, cross-sectional and applied study. The data of this study were collected through a questionnaire by checking texts and field studies. Reliability of the questions was confirmed by experts and limited content validity method. The data were entered into SPSS software version 25 for the purpose of calculating descriptive and inferential statistics. Then, the exploratory factor analysis was confirmed through the AMOS software program.

The present study showed that men with a postgraduate degree and 17 years of service experience have contributed to this research. In this regard, supportive organizations such as the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and the subsidy targeting organization, have the least impact on supplementary care insurance had.

The results of this research indicate that the Ministry of Health and Medical Education has played a significant role in optimal utilization of supplementary health insurance and improved patient satisfaction as well as improved community health.