Facing The Challenges of Aging Population in The Turkish Health System

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 5 - 19, 06.05.2019

Sabahattin Aydın Ömer Ataç

Abstract

Health systems are deeply affected from demographic change since the burden of diseases and health expenditures, and the struggles in health care delivery system are very much related to the age groups in a society. This study aims to analyze the composition of Turkish society's age structure compared to the available global data, mainly focusing on the elderly population. In the light of the aging population and the future demographic assessments, the challenges of the health system and possible new policy requirements are discussed, accordingly.

Keywords

demographic changes, aging, health services, health policies, elderly

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