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In today’s societies, “health” is the inalienable right of all members of society and indicators showing health in society are important factors in showing the level of development of the country. The purpose of this study is to determine and prioritize the factors affecting financing in Iran.

This descriptive research is a survey method and in terms of implementation process, it has been done qualitatively and quantitatively. In this research, first with a qualitative approach and by theoretical and library studies, the financing model in the world health system was examined and then by comparative comparison and determining the points of difference and commonality, the main factors were identified. Then, using the opinion of experts, the researcher proceeded to prioritize the factors.

To investigate the research hypotheses, because the dimensions and components affecting health financing did not have the same rankings, as a result, prioritization was done in the field of contextual factors, instrumental factors, content factors and structural factors. The results showed that the central tax system with 4.451 points, the budgeting system with 4.420 points and the formulation of the financing plan with 4.368 points are the most influential components, respectively.

In the study of the studied countries and financing models and frameworks, the variables that had the highest frequency in the financing system included the variables of tax axis, integrated financial fund, subsidies, financial participation and protection of investment risks. It shows the emphasis of the mentioned models on the tax view along with investment. The results of this study show that in Iran, despite the existing insurance system, creating a mechanism in the tax system, budgeting system and formulating a financing plan with respect to sanctions and creating restrictions in the investment system in the health sector has the most importance and rank.

Inadequate attention to health care as a necessary commodity can be detrimental to the health of the community and the huge resources spent in this area can be wasted. Limited financial resources, sanctions on the country, reduction of budget revenues, low share of funds allocated from the general government budget and low share of health care costs are among the total gross national expenditures that limit the financing of health care costs. It is necessary to provide a model that fits the requirements, requirements, laws and culture of the country. For this reason, in this article, we tried to identify the effective and functional factors on the realization of the health financing system in the country and present them in the form of a model.

This descriptive research is based on survey research and is qualitative and quantitative in terms of the implementation process. In this research, first with a qualitative approach and by theoretical and library studies, the financing model in the health system in the world is examined. The design of the initial model was done by comparing and describing the differences and commonalities. Then, with the help of experts, the researcher designed the initial model, and in the next step, the model analysis algorithm was used in the Smart-PLS-SEM method to validate the presented model of the health system.

In order to study the research hypotheses and the conceptual research model in general, because the dimensions and components affecting health financing did not have the same ranks, as a result, prioritization was done and in the field of field factors, the dimensions of the budgeting system, respectively. Health-oriented services, tax-oriented system, in the instrumental factors section of the disease fund, financial participation and social hospital, in the content factors section, financing and legislation plans were developed and in the structural factors dimensions, service quality structure, risk structure and financial structure were measured. Then, the necessary analyzes were performed in three sections: fit of measurement models, structural model fit and general fit of the model, and then the existing relationships in the structural section were examined and interpreted, and in the reliability stage, the overall fit of the research model was examined.

The research results show that creating a mechanism in the tax system, budgeting system according to the sanctions and creating restrictions in the investment system in the health sector and the spread of chronic and sudden diseases of the greatest importance and ranking in creating the model. The country has a health financing system.