The consequences of medical services tariffs reform from the perspective of health managers, a qualitative study

Intrudaction: Medical services pricing is one of the most important tools of each country's health system policy makers. Tariff is effective on equity, efficiency, quality and accountability in the provision of services and it can affect the availability and use of services. Switch medical services tariffs affected providers of hospital and medical services income on the one hand, and on the other hand the cost of medical and hospital care providers of financial resources. This study aims to predict the consequences of the reform of pricing medical services (making medical services tariffs) were performed.
This study is a qualitative study. Sampling was Purposeful and continued until data saturation. Research Society was 12 people of, Health Managers of cities include Tehran, Isfahan and Tabriz, that in the purpose of the study, these people were investigated with deep interview. Analysis of the data in this study is based on a thematic analysis. Criteria such as "reliable information", "trustworthy", "reliability" and "ability to consolidation" of data were considered.
According to findings, the results of the study were divided into two categories: positive and negative consequences as a result of medical services tariff reforms and likely increase, although logically and scientifically. The positive consequences include behavioral outcomes, economic and stakeholder satisfaction. And negative consequences include economic consequences and limited group dissatisfaction.
The consequences have been anticipated at the time of modification of medical tariffs in addition to encouraging health tariff and policy makers Because of the benefits that will be earned in terms of positive consequences, they noticed negative consequences, particularly in economic consequences and the need to provide for an increase in tariffs and the need to think for provides financing compensatory.