The Role of Social Security Organization in Delivering Health Services: The Case Study of Iran

Health as a priority has important role in individual’s life. Happy life is the result of good health. By unhealthy body and mind, joyful and useful life is impossible. Nowadays under unhealthy condition of body and mind for example pollution, improper diet, lack of enough physical activities, living in giant metropolitans, people are not able to tune with life normally. To overcome and control disorders that is created by inevitable conditions of in existing communities, governments and people have to pay attention to health and health care more and more. Considering such a purpose governments is responsible to establish health related organization to provide health care services. Hence, this study analyses the health care services and related aspects. Accordingly, the aspects have been examined such as: health, health care services, need of balanced health, social spending on health and national spending on health. The study is shown in spite of governments’ attempts to enhance health of society at low level of income, authorities have not succeeded to overcome problems, but it in parallel to governments’ challenges, Social Security Organization has a key role to affect all activities relating health care in society. The SSO is responsible to cover main insured, pensioners and their families. Hence the SSO has been studied as oneof the most important organizations in providing health service in country.

Keywords:

Social Security Organization , Health Care Services , Direct Health , Indirect Health