Can Turkey's general health insurance system achieve universal coverage?

Yasar G., Ugurluoglu E.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.282-295, 2011 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/hpm.1079
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.282-295
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: funding health care, general health insurance, universal coverage, funding health care in Turkey
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims to evaluate the General Health Insurance System (GHIS) in Turkey implemented since I October 2008, in order to assess whether the GHIS will be able to achieve its objective of universal coverage. Both the breadth and depth of coverage will be taken into account.