Research Article

Analysis of the Regional Distribution of Medical Imaging Devices Within the Scope of Health Expenditures

Number: 63 December 10, 2020
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Analysis of the Regional Distribution of Medical Imaging Devices Within the Scope of Health Expenditures

Abstract

The COVID-19 epidemic, which affected the entire world in early 2020s, once again proved the importance of health expenditures on both a national and global basis. This study examines equality in the regional distribution of medical imaging devices within the scope of health expenditures. Turkey’s Nomenclature of Territorial Units Level 1 regions’ data have been used as a representative dataset. Regions were compared in terms of the number of medical imaging devices and imaging numbers. According to the indicator of the total number of medical imaging devices per 1 million people, the highest number of medical imaging devices was in Istanbul and least in the Middle East Anatolia Region. According to the imaging number indicators for every 1,000 examinations, it was found that the highest and lowest regions were in Istanbul and the Eastern Black Sea, respectively. The findings of this study show that there is an inequality in the regional distribution of medical imaging devices. Based on the findings, it can be argued that the main reason for this inequality is that private sector investments are concentrated in some regions. In addition, higher public health expenditure per capita in some regions can be argued as another reason.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Finance

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 10, 2020

Submission Date

November 6, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 24, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 63

APA
Nak, H., & Sağbaş, İ. (2020). Sağlık Harcamaları Kapsamında Tıbbi Görüntüleme Cihazlarının Bölgesel Dağılımının Analizi. Maliye Çalışmaları Dergisi, 63, 77-92. https://doi.org/10.26650/mcd2020-822594