TY - JOUR ID - 47263 TI - Main Factors Affecting the Readiness and Responsiveness of Healthcare Systems during Epidemic Crises: A Scoping Review on Cases of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Mohammadpour, Mohammadtaghi AU - Zarifinezhad, Effat AU - Ghanbarzadegan, Arash AU - Naderimanesh, Khodadad AU - Shaarbafchizadeh, Nasrin AU - Bastani, Peivand AD - Department of Health Care Management and Health Economics, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia AD - Social Determinant of Health Research Centre, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran AD - Health Management and Economics Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Health Human Resources Research Centre, School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 46 IS - 2 SP - 81 EP - 92 KW - Delivery of health care KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - Severe acute respiratory syndrome KW - Coronavirus infections KW - COVID-19 DO - 10.30476/ijms.2020.87608.1801 N2 - Background: Given the significance of the preparedness and responsiveness of healthcare systems in relation to epidemics, this study aimed to determine their influencing factors during epidemic crises with a view to utilizing the findings in the battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.Methods: This scoping study was conducted in 2020 via the Arksey and O’Malley approach. A systematic search was conducted on five online databases from January 2000 to June 15, 2020. Initially, 1926 English articles were retrieved based on their abstracts. After the screening process, 60 articles were considered for the final analysis. Data were charted by applying Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and were synthesized via thematic analysis. Results: Five main factors have affected the responsiveness and preparedness of countries during the epidemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and COVID-19: community-related interventions, managerial interventions, socioeconomic factors, the readiness of hospitals and health centers, and environmental factors. These themes are associated with 38 related sub-themes. The thematic framework shows that interactions between these five determinantes can affect the preparedness and responsiveness of healthcare systems during pandemics/epidemics. Conclusion: According to the results, healthcare systems need to pay attention to their internal capacities, managerial interventions, and health centers to overcome the current pandemic. They should also consider such external factors as socioeconomic and environmental determinants that can affect their potential preparedness against pandemic/epidemic crises. Community-related interventions such as improvement of the community health literacy, teamwork, and social responsibility can enhance the readiness of healthcare systems against the COVID-19 outbreak. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_47263.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_47263_a84ed774b8bef461a6f7f059e4d60a4e.pdf ER -