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Rezaei F, Karimi S, Yarmohammadian M H. Increased Insurance Agency Payments for Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Potential Factors Affecting It. HSR 2015; 11 (2) :217-228
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1- MSc, Health Services Administration, Faculty of Management and Medical Information, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2- Professor, Health Services Administration , Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3- Professor, Health Services Administration , Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2- Professor, Health Services Administration , Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3- Professor, Health Services Administration , Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract: (789 Views)
Background: The use of costly high tech diagnostic services has increased in the past decade. Researches indicate several contributing factors according to the health care system in each country. These factors include the aging population, advances in detection technologies, increasing numbers of radiologists etc. So, considering health economics science high-tech diagnostic services has increasingly grown day to day.Methods: In this review article required information extracted from ISI, Pubmed, Science Direct, Journal of Health Economics science and other related journals by considering key words like induced demand, magnetic resonance imaging, health care utilization etc during recent years.Findings: Increased use of MRI services resulted from several reasons. This study classified causes of increased cost of diagnostic services in five categories included: technological factors, factors related to the physician, patient and community factors, factors related to radiologists and health system and factors related to market performance. Details of these classes and sub-classes must be defined according to each country's circumstances and policies.Conclusion: The culture of using diagnostic services should be improved both in patient community and policy making. Wrong policies in under developing countries are responsible for their income deduction which is resulting from the lack of detailed expertise in effectiveness and efficiency of services. Improved culture of society along with emphasizing on different aspects of legal, educational and cultural needs for medical community required necessary measurement.Key Words: MRI, patient, health insurance, MRI
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
education health and promotion
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2015/06/15 | Published: 2015/06/15
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2015/06/15 | Published: 2015/06/15
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