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                                                                                    <journal-title>Journal of Baltalimanı</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3108-4591</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>BALTALIMANI METIN SABANCI BONE DISEASES TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Health Management</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Sağlık Yönetimi</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>The Swedish Health System from a Turkish Perspective: Universal Health Coverage and Comparative Analysis</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Türkiye Perspektifinden İsveç Sağlık Sistemi: Evrensel Sağlık Kapsayıcılığı ve Karşılaştırmalı Analiz</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Memiş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Kalbiye</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İstanbul Metin Sabancı Baltalimanı Kemik Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250908">
                    <day>09</day>
                    <month>08</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
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                                        <volume>1</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>10</fpage>
                                        <lpage>14</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250801">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>01</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250810">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>10</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2025, Journal of Baltalimanı</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Journal of Baltalimanı</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the Swedish healthcare system from a Turkish perspective, focusing on its structure, financing, public health policies, and comparative health indicators. Sweden’s decentralized healthcare model, primarily funded through taxes (85% public funding, OECD Health at a Glance 2023), ensures universal coverage with minimal patient contributions. The system’s emphasis on preventive care, harm reduction policies, and digital health innovations, such as 100% electronic health record adoption, sets a global benchmark (WHO Europe 2023). In contrast, Turkey’s healthcare system, while strengthened by the Health Transformation Program, faces challenges like higher out-of-pocket payments (25% of health expenditure) and regional disparities (World Bank 2023). By comparing key indicators, including per capita health spending (Sweden: $6,200; Turkey: $1,800, 2022 PPP), physician density, and vaccination rates, the study highlights Sweden’s strengths and potential lessons for Turkey. The article concludes that adopting Sweden’s decentralized governance, harm reduction strategies, and data-driven policies could enhance Turkey’s healthcare system, tailored to its socio-economic context.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Bu makale, İsveç sağlık sistemini Türkiye perspektifinden kapsamlı bir şekilde analiz ederek, sistemin yapısını, finansmanını, halk sağlığı politikalarını ve karşılaştırmalı sağlık göstergelerini incelemektedir. İsveç’in desentralize sağlık modeli, büyük ölçüde vergilerle finanse edilmekte (%85 kamu fonu, OECD Health at a Glance 2023) ve hasta katkıları minimum düzeyde tutularak evrensel kapsayıcılık sağlanmaktadır. Koruyucu bakım, zarar azaltıcı politikalar ve %100 elektronik sağlık kaydı kullanımı gibi dijital sağlık yenilikleri, İsveç’i küresel bir referans noktası haline getirmektedir (WHO Europe 2023). Buna karşılık, Türkiye’nin sağlık sistemi, Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programı ile güçlendirilmiş olsa da, cepten ödemelerin yüksekliği (%25) ve bölgesel eşitsizlikler gibi zorluklarla karşı karşıyadır (World Bank 2023). Kişi başına sağlık harcaması (İsveç: 6.200 USD; Türkiye: 1.800 USD, 2022 PPP), hekim yoğunluğu ve aşılama oranları gibi temel göstergeler karşılaştırılarak İsveç’in güçlü yönleri ve Türkiye için potansiyel dersler öne çıkarılmaktadır. Makale, İsveç’in desentralize yönetim, zarar azaltıcı stratejiler ve veri odaklı politikalarının, Türkiye’nin sosyo- ekonomik bağlamına uyarlanarak sağlık sistemini güçlendirebileceği sonucuna varmaktadır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Healthcare Management</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Healthcare Systems</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Healthcare Systems Comparison</kwd>
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