Research Article

Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals

Volume: 10 Number: 1 March 19, 2026
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Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals

Abstract

This study focuses on the impact of the increase in public, private, and university healthcare institutions within the new system shaped by the Health Transformation Program, which began in 2003, on the demand for private insurance. It aims to determine how the expansion of healthcare infrastructure affects consumer demand for insurance products and premium production. Using correlation and regression analyses, the relationships between the ratio of private health insurance policyholders to the population, real changes in insurance premiums, and the number of healthcare institutions (public, private, and university) were examined. According to the analysis results, the increase in the number of public healthcare institutions has a statistically significant effect on the real increase in private health insurance premium revenues. Contrary to traditional expectations, it shows that the increase in state investments is the fundamental dynamic driving the growth of the private health insurance market in Turkey. This unexpected result highlights the public capacity of health investments to act as a catalyst for increasing access to services and marketing initiatives in the field of health financing.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Social Security

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 19, 2026

Submission Date

September 17, 2025

Acceptance Date

January 23, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 10 Number: 1

APA
Uygun, S., Karaca, Ö. F., & Saygın, E. (2026). Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals. Fiscaoeconomia, 10(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1785326
AMA
1.Uygun S, Karaca ÖF, Saygın E. Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals. FSECON. 2026;10(1):1-15. doi:10.25295/fsecon.1785326
Chicago
Uygun, Sabit, Ömer Faruk Karaca, and Esat Saygın. 2026. “Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals”. Fiscaoeconomia 10 (1): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1785326.
EndNote
Uygun S, Karaca ÖF, Saygın E (March 1, 2026) Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals. Fiscaoeconomia 10 1 1–15.
IEEE
[1]S. Uygun, Ö. F. Karaca, and E. Saygın, “Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals”, FSECON, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–15, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.25295/fsecon.1785326.
ISNAD
Uygun, Sabit - Karaca, Ömer Faruk - Saygın, Esat. “Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals”. Fiscaoeconomia 10/1 (March 1, 2026): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1785326.
JAMA
1.Uygun S, Karaca ÖF, Saygın E. Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals. FSECON. 2026;10:1–15.
MLA
Uygun, Sabit, et al. “Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals”. Fiscaoeconomia, vol. 10, no. 1, Mar. 2026, pp. 1-15, doi:10.25295/fsecon.1785326.
Vancouver
1.Sabit Uygun, Ömer Faruk Karaca, Esat Saygın. Evaluating the Relationship Between Public Health Investments and the Financial Development of the Private Health Insurance Market in the Context of Marketing Signals. FSECON. 2026 Mar. 1;10(1):1-15. doi:10.25295/fsecon.1785326
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