Analysis of policy responses to COVID-19: a case study in Babol University of Medical Sciences (BUMS), Iran

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Research

Morteza Salemi¹  Zeynab Farhadi²  Mohammad Ali Jahani² 

[1] Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic of Iran;Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran;

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    Health policy;    Policy making;    Disease outbreaks;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12962-022-00404-w

 received in 2022-01-05, accepted in 2022-12-03,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPreparation and financing of treatments, control of disease by limited resources, are known as the most important challenges encountered by the policy-makers involved in an epidemic outbreak. Therefore, the present study was conducted to analyze the policy responses of Babol University of Medical Sciences (BUMS) to Coronavirus (COVID-19).MethodsA qualitative study was performed to investigate the policy responses of BUMS to COVID-19 in Babol of January to March, 2021. The statistical population included the experts, pundits, policy-makers and planners involved in four areas of management, treatment, healthcare, and health donation. Data collection was done according to interviews and policy documents, and the obtained data were analyzed based on the Walt and Gilson’s policy triangle.ResultsThere are five main themes to names: policy context, policy analysis, policy-making process, actors and stakeholders and 16 sub-themes. After several rounds of revision, the text of the interviews and policy documents were tagged and finally, various issues related to sub-themes were extracted. Also, two sub-themes entitled (improving the policy framework, People’s participation) were obtained from the strategies to reduce the incidence of Covid-19 theme.Conclusions(BUMS) was able to use the capacities and skills of experienced physicians, specialists and nurses to respond to patients awaiting treatment. Therefore, most of the policies were aimed at patient care and treatment. The lack of financial resources was compensated by health donors. But the (BUMS) could not use the power of the city government to control traffic and comply with health protocols and prevent infections. It was mainly the formulation and implementation of irregular and unstable policies.

【 授权许可】

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