Evaluating the performance of primary health care services in Turkey and the use of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT): lessons from Brazil in a national random household survey
Abstract
Like Brazil, Turkey spends about $1,200 per
capita on health. In demographic terms, other
similarities can be observed: the population
over 65 years old is close to 9.0% in both
countries, away from the demographic trend
of aging in Europe, where the OECD average
for a set of 36 countries is 17.4%.
However, the share of health
expenditure in relation to GDP is different: in
the first 9.2% and in the second only 4.2%,
although, this percentage in the case of Turkey
considers that most of the spending comes
from public sources (about 80%), while in
Brazil only 43%
capita on health. In demographic terms, other
similarities can be observed: the population
over 65 years old is close to 9.0% in both
countries, away from the demographic trend
of aging in Europe, where the OECD average
for a set of 36 countries is 17.4%.
However, the share of health
expenditure in relation to GDP is different: in
the first 9.2% and in the second only 4.2%,
although, this percentage in the case of Turkey
considers that most of the spending comes
from public sources (about 80%), while in
Brazil only 43%
Keywords
primary care, household survey, evaluation
Supporting Institution
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel)
Project Number
Not applicable
Thanks
We would like to thank IBGE team who listened to the researchers of this manuscript and included the questions that form one of the modules of PNS-2019 with the adult reduced version of PCAT-Brazil.
References
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