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Table 1 Basic Health Indicators for Turkey and OECD34 averages, 2013 (or nearest year)

From: Estimating technical efficiency of Turkish hospitals: implications for hospital reform initiatives

Indicator

 

OECD34 average

Turkey

Ranka

(out of 34 OECD countries)

Life expectancy at birth

 

80.5

76.6

31

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

 

3.8

10.2

34

Total expenditure on health, % GDP

 

8.9

5.1

34

Total expenditure on health, per capita, US$ PPP

 

3453

941

34

Physicians, per 1000 population

 

3.3

1.8

34

Nurses, per 1000 population

 

9.1

1.8

34

Hospital beds, per 1000 population

 

4.8

2.7

31

MRI units per 1 million population

 

14.1

10.5

20b

CT scanners per million population

 

24.4

14.2

25b

  1. aA lower number indicates higher ranking
  2. bOut of 32 OECD countries
  3. Source: OECD [20]