Economic barriers to prevent the smuggling of health goods in Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21881606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farzaneh Mahmoudi Meymand (0009-0009-6792-6039, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Amirhossein Takian (0000-0001-7806-5558, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Ahad Bakhtiari (0000-0003-3580-9259, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan (0000-0001-6029-2226, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | e015090 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015090 |
| PMID | 38843898 |
| OpenAlex | W4399385231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
INTRODUCTION: In recent years, smuggling of health goods has apparently increased in the country. Despite the preventive and regulatory measures taken to combat this problem, the outcomes seem to be undesirable. This study thus aims to identify and elucidate the role of economic barriers in the prevention of smuggling health goods in Iran. METHOD: We conducted semistructured interviews with 29 purposefully identified key informants in the detection, prevention and control of health goods smuggling in different organisations, between May 2021-January 2022. An inductive data-driven thematic analysis approach was further adopted to identify patterns of meaning, using MAXQDA 2020 software to facilitate data management. RESULTS: We identified four main themes representing the economic barriers to prevent the smuggling of health goods in Iran; Monetary and financial policy, which includes subthemes of financial rules and procedures, market regulation, economic incentives and imbalanced development; Behavioural patterns, consisting of consumer behaviour, the opportunism of smugglers, the behaviour of statesmen and politicians; Economic diplomacy, categorised into international relations and interactions, relations and interactions in the national arena, interaction with non-governmental organisations and Health economic monitoring and evaluation including transparency of statistics and economic information and supervision. CONCLUSION: Smuggling health goods has become a concerning challenge in the health sector. It is, therefore, imperative to develop and implement appropriate policies and operations towards security and international cooperation, lobbying and coalition-building. Demonopolisation, creating competitive and dynamic markets, removal of rent-seeking layers at all levels, and the use of commercial diplomacy to reduce the burden of smuggling in the health sector of Iran, and perhaps beyond might be of sizeable use to combat such challenge
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |