en Health Economics گزارش مورد case report During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with better general conditions are sent to their own homes for self-quarantine due to a lack of resources in the health system, especially the lack of beds and human resources. Improving patient care may force households to inevitably use home care services, which can be examined from the health equity perspective. In the first step, home care services should be expanded by medical universities in all regions of the country, including less developed areas. In the second step, the financial protection of the recipients of these services should be provided through interventions, such as health insurance coverage. In addition, after the COVID-19 pandemic (post-corona period), it is necessary to organize home care services as soon as possible due to the population aging trend. Finally, despite the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, it is better to use the challenges, actions, and lessons learned from this crisis to complete the infrastructure of the health system in various ways. COVID-19, Health economics, Health equity, Home care, Iran 153 156 http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-271-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Vahid Alipour 0000-0003-1010-9571 No Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hadi Hamidi 0000-0001-5876-4191 No Department of English Language, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Aghdas Souresrafil 0000-0001-9156-7931 No Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Saeed Bagheri Faradonbeh 0000-0003-1370-2370 No Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammadreza Sheikhy-Chaman Sheikhy.MR@iums.ac.ir 0000-0002-7381-2005 Yes Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran