The effect of sanctions on health of Iran using spatial panel method
Abstract: Introduction: Investigating the impact of sanctions on the health of ordinary people of sanctioned countries has sparked challenging issues. According to the theoretical foundations, health is affected by the economic, social, environmental, and therapeutic variables. The present study inv...
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| Language: | fas |
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
2020-03-01
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| Series: | مدیریت سلامت |
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| Online Access: | http://jha.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3254-en.html |
| Summary: | Abstract:
Introduction: Investigating the impact of sanctions on the health of ordinary people of sanctioned countries has sparked challenging issues. According to the theoretical foundations, health is affected by the economic, social, environmental, and therapeutic variables. The present study investigated the effect of sanctions on the health of people in all provinces of Iran.
Methods: This descriptive, analytical and longitudinal study was conducted for the period of 2009 to 2016. The study population includes all provinces Iran and the used variables include control, economic, social, therapeutic and environmental variables such as provincial gross domestic product, education status, urbanization, therapeutic inputs and dummy variable of sanction. Data analysis was run through spatial panel model using Stata software.
Results: Comparing the applied interruptions in the model showed that the negative effect of sanctions occurred in the second year. Investigations showed that the mortality elasticity into the treatment variable of a number of doctors was four percent. The governmentchr('39')s development budget had a negative impact on health after two years. The coefficient of the unemployment variable was +0.0235. The estimate for urbanization rate was not significant.
Conclusion: The impact of sanctions on the public health was not significant in the first year as well as the following year and its effect in the second year was negative and positive in the third year. Therefore, according to the results of the current study, in order to reduce the costs of sanctions, it is necessary to consider the appropriate planning to improve the socio-economic conditions, such as the unemployment rate. Also, development projects and health policies should be done with caution, because its improper implementation has a negative impact on health. |
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| ISSN: | 2008-1200 2008-1219 |