Authors : Kazem Ashjaei , Ahmad Kusha , Hossein Mashadi Abdollahi , Hassan Jahanbin and Ahmareza Jodati
Abstract: Developing the cooperatives of health services is one part of such suitable and new opportunities in improving the health services which over the recent years has been applied under article 192 and delegating the public health care center to the cooperative sector in Iran. Considering the results obtained from previous studies , this project was executed with the aim of Improvement the co-operatives model of Tabriz in the PHC management. To implement the project 4 studies has been held including: Documentation of the experience of Tabriz through a review study, situational analysis to identifying the strengthen and weakness of the current model through consultation with the managers, designing the primary improved model to remove the weaknesses through the expertise panel and the final study was conducted with the aim of finalizing the improved model. In the flow of the experts consultative workshop and was established through representing it to experts from pilot provinces. The manner of delegating the centre/health care services, the process of selecting the cooperatives, extending the duration of contract of cooperation, the monitoring and evaluation system and its application in the payment mechanism and the extension of the cooperatives collaboration in provisioning the health care services, considering the quality of services and customer satisfaction are the most important issues which were improved in the Improved model flowchart. The cost of health care services based on per capita and budgeting the health care services are other issues which were described in this project.
Kazem Ashjaei , Ahmad Kusha , Hossein Mashadi Abdollahi , Hassan Jahanbin and Ahmareza Jodati , 2007. Public Private Participation: The Improved Model of Co-Operative to Manage PHC Services in Iran . Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 691-697.