Explaining inequalities in Health Care Utilization among Turkish adults: Findings from Health Survey 2008

Kaan Sözmen and Belgin Ünal

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 1, 100-110

Abstract: Turkish health system showed major improvements in health outcomes since initiation of the Health Transition Programme (HTP) in 2003, however little is known regarding income-related inequalities in health care use. The aim of this study was to assess horizontal inequities in health care use in Turkey.

Keywords: Equity; Equality; Health care utilization; Horizontal inequity; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.10.003

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