Türkiye’de 1999-2024 Yılları Arasındaki Sağlık Harcamaları Dinamikleri ve Sağlık Sistemi Üzerindeki Etkileri
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Objective: The aim of the study is to identify the components of health expenditures in Türkiye and their effects on total health expenditures and to examine the effects of health expenditures on access to health services. Materials and Methods: In this study, health expenditures in Türkiye were analyzed by using data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) for the period 1999-2024. The analyses were conducted with E-Views 12.0 program and included Unit Root Test, Granger Causality and Regression analyses. Results: The results of the study revealed the effects of different components of health expenditures on total health expenditures. Current health expenditures, hospital expenditures and other medical equipment expenditures have significant effects on total health expenditures. In addition, the effects of health expenditures on the total number of health institutions and the number of patients per physician were also analyzed. Conclusion: As a result, as health expenditures increase, the number of health institutions and the number of patients per physician increased. This means that there is an improvement in access to health services.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Language: English
Topic: Global Health Care Issues
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7133134581
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