Equity in utilization of health care services in Turkey: an index based analysis
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL, vol.26, no.5, pp.547-555, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- 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
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- 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.