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Table 1 Distribution of the per capita hospitalization rate (per 1000 insured population), the average inpatient costs and the mean annual cost Raising for receiving inpatient services incurred by the rural and the Non-rural funds from 2001 to 2021

From: Hospitalization and cost trends during Iranian health system reforms over two decades: a time series analysis

Stage

Year

The per capita hospitalization rate in non-rural fund

The per capita hospitalization rate in the rural fund

The average inpatient costs incurred by non-rural fund (Rials)

The average inpatient costs incurred by rural fund (Rials)

The mean cost raising for hospitalization in non-rural insurance fund (%)

The mean cost raising for hospitalization in rural insurance fund (%)

The inflation rate in health services (%)

I1

2001

130.21

31.21

641,567.11

528,372.76

-

-

-

2002

137.33

33.06

798,634.04

792,460.40

24.48

49.98

16.3

2003

143.58

32.78

914,782.57

971,629.87

14.54

22.61

16.9

II2

2004

122.37

32.50

1,011,342.24

1,088,666.51

10.5

12.05

17.4

III3

2005

117.49

52.94

1,274,129.65

1,279,953.51

25.98

17.57

19.3

2006

108.15

79.63

1,587,507.68

1,530,184.72

24.59

19.55

13.8

2007

103.20

80.73

1,781,957.33

1,844,347.91

12.25

20.53

17

2008

84.75

77.50

2,121,990.42

2,271,834.67

19.1

23.18

23.3

2009

145.97

87.22

3,041,436.27

3,060,036.25

43.33

34.69

18.9

2010

169.79

87.45

3,731,263.14

3,564,086.71

22.68

16.47

19.9

2011

174.16

74.28

4,413,308.83

4,130,525.89

18.28

15.89

17.2

2012

173.36

67.79

5,633,711.50

5,356,648.73

27.65

29.68

24.7

IV4

2013

175.10

67.60

7,417,310.35

6,815,853.72

31.66

27.24

38.4

V5

2014

129.58

69.96

11,536,701.52

12,311,687.37

55.54

80.63

31.7

2015

147.69

76.78

14,684,747.53

15,471,672.81

27.29

25.67

23.8

2016

159.28

82.92

16,463,422.26

17,049,728.48

12.11

10.20

16.7

2017

164.21

84.19

17,393,549.52

18,043,880.08

5.65

5.83

10.1

2018

166.94

99.49

18,366,892.87

18,079,598.96

5.6

0.20

17.0

2019

170.19

94.02

21,190,793.45

20,636,854.29

15.37

14.14

26.0

2020

120.82

65.44

29,762,858.22

27,886,259.82

40.45

35.13

26.3

2021

108.42

84.53

39,657,777.32

38,354,773.45

33.24

37.54

45.5

 

The averages

140.60

69.62

9,686,937.32

9,574,717.00

23.514 ± 12.9

24.94 ± 17.56

 
  1. 1Stage I: Before the first stage of the Health Sector Reform
  2. 2Stage II: Initiating the first stage of the Health Sector Reform
  3. 3Stage III: Between the first and second stages of the Health Sector Reform
  4. 4Stage IV: Initiating the second stage of the Health Sector Reform
  5. 5Stage V: Between the second stages of the Health Sector Reform so far