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Table 2 Geographic variations in health outcomes, availability of health resources and utilization of hospital services in Turkey, 2012

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

 

Centraleast Anatolia

Central Anatolia

Northeast Anatolia

Istanbul

Southeast Anatolia

Aegean

East Marmara

East Black Sea

West Marmara

West Black Sea

West Anatolia

Mediterranean

Perinatal Mortality per 1000 live birth

10.9

7.1

10.9

6.7

11.3

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.8

8.4

6.7

7.6

Neonatal Mortality per 1000 live birth

6.5

3.9

6.3

3.2

6.2

3.5

3.7

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.0

3.7

Post-neonatal Mortality per 1000 live birth

4.6

3.3

4.1

2.2

4.4

2.3

2.2

3.0

2.5

3.0

2.5

3.3

Mortality under 5 years per 1000 live birth

16.7

10.8

13.9

8.2

16.1

8.7

9.0

9.9

9.1

9.9

8.3

10.8

Maternal Mortality per 1000 live birth

25.5

25.9

32.2

15.1

14.7

13.6

7.7

21.5

7.8

17.2

12.7

10.7

Poverty rate (%), 50% poverty risk threshold

13.4

12.4

13.2

9.6

12.8

11.6

10.8

11.1

13.0

12.0

12.9

13.7

Number of hospital beds per 10,000

26.7

28.4

28.8

23.3

19.7

27.2

26.1

33.1

27.4

30.3

35.8

23.8

Number of ICU beds per 10,000

2.9

2.9

2.0

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.4

2.8

3.8

3.3

Per Capita visits to hospitals

4.5

4.9

4.7

4.2

4.1

4.9

4.8

5.8

5.0

5.4

5.0

4.6

Physicians per 100,000 population

144

159

142

192

121

183

156

159

150

152

266

155

Nurses per 100,000 population

257

277

253

191

184

279

254

339

278

296

302

242

Surgical operations per 1000 population

49.5

63.4

57.2

56.3

49.6

58.0

59.1

59.8

44.4

53.6

73.8

64.7

Surgical operations per 1000 population (Group A)a

3.1

5.0

3.5

6.8

2.8

6.4

6.8

6.0

3.5

5.4

8.9

5.5

Number of MRI exams per 1000 population in hospitals

31.8

19.9

23.4

28.0

24.5

22.5

22.9

25.8

18.7

25.8

24.8

23.0

Bed Occupancy Ratio

65.4

60.8

65.0

70.1

67.9

67.5

67.8

62.2

67.8

62.2

68.5

68.6

  1. Source: General Directorate of Health Research [22]
  2. *Surgical operations are classified into groups A to E based on the severity of the operations