Equity and Healthcare Reform in Developing Economies: The Case of Turkey

ISBN-13: 9780367559908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 174 str.

Song?l ?ınaroğlu

Opis

This book examines the long-term effects of Turkey’s 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.

Spis treści

1. Equity in healthcare services 2. International comparison of equity in healthcare services 3. Equity in health services and policy advice for developing countries 4. Equity lessons learned from pharmerging countries 5. Equity in health services in emerging markets similar to Turkey 6. Health reform in Turkey and inclusive policies 7. Measurement of the level of equity in healthcare services 8. Equity in pharmaceutical expenditures under health reform in Turkey 9. Advice for health policymakers to consider equity in the distribution of pharmaceutical expenditures and pharmaceutical market design

O autorze

Songül Çınaroğlu is a Doctor in Health Administration and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in the Department of Health Care Management at Hacettepe University, Turkey. She is a former visiting researcher at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and of the University of Alabama (Birmingham). Her main research interest is health economics, policy and outcomes research.