Table 1.
The characteristics of the included studies
| Authors | Publication year | Study design | Data collection | Participants | Sample size | Location | Urban/rural family physician |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarvestani et al.[8] | 2017 | Exploratory- descriptive qualitative study | Interview | Family physicians and specialists | 17 | Fasa city | Urban |
| Doshmangir et al.[5] | 2017 | Qualitative study | Interview | Informants from Ministry of Health, health insurance organizations, management and planning organization of Iran, Iran Medical Council, medical universities, health research centers | 19 | Cities of Iran | Urban |
| Fardid et al.[9] | 2019 | Qualitative study | Interview and focus group | National and regional policy-makers, managers, physicians, patients, health professionals, FP officers who influenced the decision-making process, and design and implementation of the FP program | 24 Interview and three focus groups | Fars province | Urban |
| Mehrolhassani et al.[14] | 2021 | Qualitative study | Interview | National and provincial level policy-makers and managers | 44 | Kerman province | Urban |
| Dehnavieh et al.[7] | 2015 | Qualitative study | Interview | Informants from the medical university, health service insurance, medical system, social physicians, researchers in the field of family physicians | 21 | Cities in Kerman provinces | Urban |
| Shiyani et al.[16] | 2016 | Qualitative study | Interview and Document analysis | Policy makers, managers of medical universities, key informants | 26 | Iran | Urban |
| Bolbanabad et al.[13] | 2019 | Qualitative study | Interview and focus group | Managers, experts, family physicians, specialists, midwives, health insurance experts and service recipients, community health care workers (behvarz*) | 30 interview and five focus groups (36) | Kordestan province | Rural |
| Farzad Far et al.[17] | 2018 | Qualitative study | Interview and focus group | Family physicians, midwives, managers, health insurance managers, service recipients | 37 interview and 21 focus groups | Kordestan, Alborz and West Azarbaijan provinces | Urban |
| Kaskaldareh et al.[18] | 2021 | Qualitative study | Interview | Health network managers and assistants, family physicians, and information security experts of the University | 15 | Gilan province | Urban/Rural |
| Damari et al.[19] | 2017 | Qualitative study | Interview and focus group | Informants and experts, Professors from Tehran and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences, Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Managers of Medical System Organizations, Nursing System, Health Insurance, Social Security Organization and Plan and Budget Organization | 40 | Mazandaran and Fars provinces | Urban |
| Alaie et al.[20] | 2020 | Qualitative study | Interview | Policy makers informants, | 26 | Iran | Urban/Rural |
| Hooshmand et al.[21] | 2020 | Qualitative and quantitative study | Interview | Managers and family physicians | 20 | Khorasan Razavi province | Rural |
| Abedi et al.[15] | 2017 | Qualitative study | Interview | Family physician, senior managers, experts, board members | nine | Iran | Urban |
*Behvarz is a kind of health care worker who works in the rural services in the health house