The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most … discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The empirical sections cover the literature on equity in health care … financing (progressivity and horizontal equity of health care financing arrangements), equity in health care delivery …

services to the ever increasing costs of the health care in Iran. That is, the basic health care services to be provided by … health insurances. In Iran about 5% of the GDP is spent on medical care services compare to about 16% in the USA or 9% in … European countries. On average, out-of-pocket costs of medical care expenses in Iran is about 60% while it is about 30 …

The present study aims at finding the origins of health and medical regulations in ancient Iran by reviewing some …, several practices of medical doctors of ancient Iran have been mentioned in Avesta and other Zoroastrian texts …