فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Given the growing trend of aging and the limited resources of the healthsystem, the lack of long‑term prior government planning, and reduced growth of the productive forceof society, identifying strategies for planning and action to deal with future aging is very important.In this regard, the study was conducted to identify strategies for dealing with the aging populationfrom the perspective of health system experts.METHODS: The qualitative content analysis study was performed on 29 Iranian male and femaleexperts in the aging and health scope from Isfahan, Tehran, Tabriz, and Babol who purposefullyparticipated in the semi‑structured interview. Data were classified by qualitative content analysis.RESULTS: Two concepts emerged according to the participated experts’ opinions, regarding thestrategies of the Iranian health system in dealing with future aging: “executive policy” strategies,including “design, planning and implementation,” “evaluation and standardization,” “strengtheningdemand‑driven” and “modeling national and international experiences,” “preventive policies”strategy, which includes “Focus on prevention,” “Focus on values and competencies,” “Educationalempowerment,” “Knowledge‑based empowerment,” “Empowerment of age‑related groups,”“Economic empowerment,” and “Social support.”CONCLUSION: The diversity and breadth of the mentioned strategies indicate the necessityof comprehensive readiness and adaptation of health services to the elderly conditions andcharacteristics. Purposeful planning and timely implementation of programs and policies to betteraddress the health system with future aging will be possible by using practical strategies.