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The Health Transformation Programme in Turkey Within the Context of Healthcare Reforms in Other Emerging Market Economies

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This chapter examines the main parameters of Health Transformation Programme in Turkey in the broader context of healthcare reforms in emerging market economies. The chapter illustrates similarities and differences between the healthcare reform in Turkey and healthcare reforms in other emerging market economies including Southern European, Latin American and East Asian countries.

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  1. 1.

    For example, for the period between 1 June and 31 December 2012, income ranges and premium levels apply to these ranges of monthly incomes per person in a family: (1) No premium to be paid for people living under less than one-third of minimum wage (313.50 TL = approx. €135), (2) 37.62 TL (approx. €16) premium to be paid for people living on monthly incomes between one-third of minimum wage (313.50 TL = approx. 135 €) and minimum wage (940.50 TL = approx. €405), (3) 112.86 TL (approx. €49) premium to be paid for people living on monthly incomes between minimum wage (940.50 TL = approx. €405) and two minimum wages (1881 TL = approx. €810 and (4) 225.72 TL (approx. €97) premium to be paid for people living on monthly incomes above two minimum wages (1881 TL = approx. €810).

  2. 2.

    Up-to-date rates of contributory payments at the time this article was drafted were as follows: (1) 5 TL (=approx. €2.15) for each outpatient visit to a public hospital, (2) 12 TL (= approx. €5.17) for each outpatient visit to a private hospital that offers services to the publicly insured, (3) 3 TL (= approx. €1.29) for each prescription including up to three items of medication and (4) an additional 1 TL (= approx. €0.43) for each item of medication over three.

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    The highest share of public health expenditures in GDP in 2008 was due to the shrinkage of the GDP by 4.8 per cent during the economic crisis.

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