@article{article_321742, title={Comparison of Health Indicators and Health Expenditures of Turkey and OECD Countries}, journal={Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences}, volume={2}, pages={1–12}, year={2017}, DOI={10.26453/otjhs.321742}, author={Sayılı, Uğurcan and Aksu Sayman, Özden and Vehid, Suphi and Köksal, Serdar Selçuk and Erginöz, Ethem}, keywords={Health indicators,health determinants,Turkey,OECD,health expenditures}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">The aim of this
study is to compare basic health status indicators and health expenditures for
Turkey and members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) countries and to examine the situation of Turkey in OECD
countries and to make recommendations.  </span> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">In our study, the health indicators
and relevant economic data of 35 member countries, including Turkey, of the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) were used. The
data are obtained from the statistics of the TUIK, the OECD and the World
Health Organization (WHO) in 2015 and 2013. </span> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> In our study, Turkey is statistically significantly lower
according to the OECD countries average in the life expectancy in women and
men, healthy life expectancy; and statistically significantly higher in
neonatal mortality rate, under-five mortality rate and maternal mortality
rate.In addition, Turkey has the lowest health spending proportion in budget
for OECD countries. Turkey is significantly lower number of doctors, number of
nurses and midwives, number of hospitals and number of hospitals according to
OECD countries average. </span> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> To improve Turkey’s health indicators, it should allocate
more budget for health and establish a strong health system infrastructure and
increase the number of health workers such as qualified doctors, nurses and
midwives. </span> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Oğuz KARABAY}