Publication: Health Workforce Policy in Turkey : Recent Reforms and Issues for the Future
Date
2009-07
ISSN
Published
2009-07
Author(s)
Vujicic, Marko
Sparkes, Susan
Mollahaliloglu, Salih
Abstract
The health status of the Turkish
population has improved significantly over the past few
decades, accompanying improvements in the scale and
functioning of the health-care system. Impressive progress
has been made in expanding financial protection to the
population through expansions in the breadth and depth of
health insurance coverage combined with service delivery
reforms to improve equity in access to health services. This
note summarizes the main developments in the area of health
workforce policy and how these have affected key health
workforce performance outcomes. Specifically, the main
objectives are to: (i) summarize trends in key health
workforce outcomes; (ii) compare health workforce outcomes
in Turkey to Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) and other countries; (iii) discuss the
impact of recent reforms in the health sector on health
workforce outcomes; and (iv) highlight key health workforce
policy issues for the future.
Citation
“Vujicic, Marko; Sparkes, Susan; Mollahaliloglu, Salih. 2009. Health Workforce Policy in Turkey : Recent Reforms and Issues for the Future. Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP)
discussion paper;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13784 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”