Equity and Healthcare Reform in Developing Economies - The Case of Turkey (Paperback)

Ensuring equity in healthcare is the main concern of health policymakers in order to provide a sustainable health system. This concern is more prominent in developing countries due to the scarcity of resources. This book provides a comprehensive analysis and discussion on the distributive pattern of out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditures under the health reforms in Turkey and makes comparisons with pharmerging countries. Turkey's health reforms began in 2003 to address shortcomings related to financial protection and to improve health outcomes and the quality of healthcare services. The primary motivation was to ensure equity in the distribution of health resources, and this transformation process led to profound changes in how these resources were used, and in health financing in general. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the long-term effect of health reforms on the distribution patterns of health expenditures and health service use. This book offers a thorough equity analysis of the health financing system, affected by this health transformation program. Index and curve approaches are used in the equity analysis of pharmaceutical expenditures. The book examines the long-term effects of health system regulations on the health spending characteristics of households and improves the current understanding of equity in this context. It includes extensive international comparisons of healthcare services across a range of developing countries and highlights the significance of ensuring equity for emerging economies. The author explores the existing evidence as well as future research directions and provides policy and planning advice for health policymakers to contribute to establishing a more equal health system design. Additionally, the book will be of interest to scholars and professionals in the fields of health economics, public health management and health financing.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge International Studies in Health Economics
Release date:	April 2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Songul Cinaroglu
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	174
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-55990-8
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-55990-0
Barcode:	9780367559908

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