Health Transformation Program of Turke – An Overview

Mehmet Akman. Family Physician, MPH.

Starting 2003, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Turkey launched a World Bank supported health care reform, entitled the “Health Transformation Programme” (HTP).  The aim of this programme was to organise, finance and deliver health services in line with the principles of equity, efficiency and effectiveness. First of all, the available number of physicians who have specialized in family practice remains far from adequate to serve the entire population. In order to reach the target of having competent family physicians in primary care units (which are called family health centres), family medicine vocational training should be widely available and compulsory for the fresh graduates who prefer to serve in primary care.

Key words: primary care, reforms, family physicians.

Mehmet Akman. Health transformation program of Turkey — an overview. Shidnoevr. z. vnutr. simejnoi med. 2016;2:96-97.
https://doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2016.02.086

Download.PDF

1. Tatar M, Kanavos P. Health Care Reform in Turkey: A Dynamic Path in the Wake of Political Consensus. Eurohealth. 2006;12(1).
2. Turkish ministry of health [Internet]. Available from: http://www.saglik.gov.tr/TSHGM/BelgeGoster.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAC8287D72AD903BE5BEB3EFCBD5B1D4F.
3. Recep Akdağ, editor. Progress report. Health transformation programme in Turkey [Internet]. Ministry of Health publication No. 749. (2009 Jan.) Available from: http://sbu.saglik.gov.tr/Ekutuphane/kitaplar/TurkeySPDEng.pdf.
4. Turkish demographic and health survey 2008 [Internet]. Available from: http://www.hips.hacettepe.edu.tr/tnsa2008/data/tdhs_2008_summary_report.pdf.
5. Family Medicine – The Turkish Model [Internet]. Ministry of Health. Ankara; 2006. Available from: http://www.saglik.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313AAF6AA849816B2EF98CDA43385F0101A.
6. Rhyne R, Cashman S, Kantrowitz M. An introduction to community-oriented primary care. In Rhyne R, Bogue R, Kukulka G, Fulmer H, editors, Community-Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; 1998.