The Economic Effects of COVID-19 on the Hospital Industry in Iran and the World.

ABSTRACT

The new Coronavirus is spreading rapidly around the world these days, and many countries are heavily infected with it. Corona is a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections, from the common cold to the SARS epidemic that broke out in 2003, and now the newest member of the family (SARS-Cov-2) is present in Iran. Like other countries, it is expanding rapidly. Currently, COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most important health issues in Iran and around the World (1-4). The "Corona crisis" has led to various effects in the World, including economic, political, educational, cultural, lifestyle, and so on. But over time, the Corona outbreak appears to have led to an economic shock in the World. According to economists, there are three types of economic shocks caused by the virus; type L economic shock, in which economic growth slows and never improves; type U economic shock, in which economic growth decreases and subsequently improves, but never returns to its previous state; and type V economic shock, in which economic growth gradually decreases, but gradually returns to normal (5-8). It seems, in Iran, due to COVID-19 crisis, the hospitals as a heart of health services providing system were faced with the L type of economic shock.