Health Expenditures in Turkey As Social Consumption Expenditures: A The oretical Based Evaluation

Esra Doğan ()
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Esra Doğan: Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Postal: Eskişehir, Turkey

Bulletin of Economic Theory and Analysis, 2021, vol. 6, issue 1, 27-51

Abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate the function of health expenditures as a public expenditures within the capitalist mode of production, based on James O'Connor's work titled Financial Crisis of the State. In this study, the position of the state within the capitalist relations of production is examined and accordingly, the reflection of the functions of the state to the state budget is revealed. This reflection in the state budget is revealed by the categorization of public expenditure items in the context of the fun ctions of the state. While public expenditure items within the scope of the state budget have been classified by O'Connor as a whole, expenditure items are not subjected to a definite distinction in terms of their sub-levels. However, there are direct and indirect references to the category of some expenditure items such as health expenditures. In this study overall structure of the healthcare system in Turkey and health expenditures in the general budget is evaluated in order to determine the category of health expenditures in Turkey according to the budget categorization of O’Connor. Health expenditures of Turkey can not be classified under one category because of the fact that health expenditures under the general budget involved into two categories such as Central Government budget and Social Security Insti tution budget. With this study, the general acceptance that health expenditures are social welfare expenditures is questioned by revealing the importance of the distinction within the scope of the general budget for the health expenditures.

Keywords: Budget Classification; Functions of the State; Public Expenditures; Health Expenditures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H72 I11 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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