Does Public Health Insurance Provide Financial Protection Against Out-Of-Pocket Health Payments? Evidence from TurkeyAbstract: Turkey hasinitiated comprehensive reformsto increase equity among its citizensfor healthcare financing, access to health services, and health outcomes. A significant change in this process was expanding the benefits package for the non-contributory public health insurance for low-income households. This study examines the impact of the public insurance expansion on out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures for the poor. We find that public insurance helped the beneficiaries not spend a sizeable portion of their income to get medical treatment. Overall, the public insurance program provided financial protection for the poor households by decreasing out-of-pocket health expenditures

Abdullah Ti̇rgi̇l and Fatih Cemil Ozbugday

Sosyoekonomi Journal, 2020, issue 28(45)

Keywords: Non-Contributory Health Insurance; Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditures; Vertical Equity; Middle-Income Countries; Turkey. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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