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Table 3 Changes in health care financing in Turkey, 1995–2011

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

Indicator

1995–2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

1

Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product

4.13

5.16

5.36

5.34

5.37

5.45

5.81

6.04

6.07

6.75

6.67

6.66

2

General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure

10.52

9.54

9.07

9.73

10.75

11.28

11.95

12.13

12.79

12.79

12.79

12.79

3

General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health

67.85

68.07

70.68

71.92

71.25

67.84

68.34

67.83

73.02

75.14

74.79

74.94

4

Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health

32.15

31.93

29.32

28.08

28.75

32.16

31.66

32.17

26.98

24.86

25.21

25.06

5

External resources for health as a percentage of total expenditure on health

0.80

0.27

0.01

0.12

0.01

0.01

0.03

0.09

0.07

0.01

0.00

..

6

Out-of-pocket expenditure as a percentage of private expenditure on health

91.42

71.55

67.68

65.75

66.91

70.78

69.4

67.82

64.41

64.41

64.41

64.41

7

Private prepaid plans as a percentage of private expenditure on health

..

..

..

..

5.63

5.91

5.99

6.11

7.31

7.31

7.31

7.31

8

Social security expenditure on health as a percentage of general government expenditure on health

43.55

54.46

57.51

59.91

60.85

56.08

56.63

54.44

57.04

57.04

57.04

57.04

  1. Source: WHO [4]
  2. “..”: data not available