Privatization of Health Organizations in Iran: How to Avoid Too Much of a Good Thing?

Iran is currently possessing 1% of the world’s population, 1% of the whole global territory, while holding some 12% of global oil resources which accounts for the importance of its oil, gas and petrochemical industries along with the vital role of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)’s Health Organization to provide constant and efficient healthcare services to the employees of these industries ever since discovering the oil in the country, almost a century ago.