Equity in utilization of health care services in Turkey: an index based analysis

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ÖZTÜRK S., BAŞAR DİKMEN D.

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL, vol.26, no.5, pp.547-555, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.26719/emhj.19.090
  • Journal Name: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, CINAHL, EMBASE, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.547-555
  • Keywords: Horizontal equity, utilization of health care services, concentration index, horizontal equity index, Oaxaca decomposition, SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Equity in the use of health care services is an issue which has increasingly been on the health policy agenda over recent years in both middle- and low-income countries.