OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Turkey 2008 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The World Bank.
Hurst, Jeremy.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
This comprehensive review of Turkey's health care system shows that health status has improved rapidly in Turkey in recent decades, partly as a result of higher health spending. It describes the introduction of an ambitious Health Transformation Programme in 2003 which brought universal health insurance to Turkey in 2008 and has begun the process of public hospital reforms and the rolling out of family-practitioner services throughout the country. Challenges remain, however, including completing the Health Transformation Programme and ensuring that the new health system provides value for money and stays affordable. This report analyses these challenges and sets out policy suggestions aimed at addressing them.
Foreword; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations and Turkish Terms; Executive Summary; Synthèse; Chapter 1. Historical Overview of the Turkish Health System Prior to Recent Health Reforms; Chapter 2. Recent Health Reforms in Turkey; Chapter 3. The Performance of the Turkish Health System and its Determinants; Chapter 4. Policy Challenges and Options for Further Reform; References
This comprehensive review of Turkey's health care system shows that health status has improved rapidly in Turkey in recent decades, partly as a result of higher health spending. It describes the introduction of an ambitious Health Transformation Programme in 2003 which brought universal health insurance to Turkey in 2008 and has begun the process of public hospital reforms and the rolling out of family-practitioner services throughout the country. Challenges remain, however, including completing the Health Transformation Programme and ensuring that the new health system provides value for money and stays affordable. This report analyses these challenges and sets out policy suggestions aimed at addressing them.
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