What have health care reforms achieved in Turkey? An appraisal of the "Health Transformation Programme"

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1153-1163

  Ökem, Zeynep Güldem ^a   Çakar, Mehmet ^b  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Evidence based evaluation; Financial sustainability; General social health insurance; Health Transformation Programme; Healthcare reforms; Quality; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TURKEY;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 84939781712     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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