TurkStat: Citizens Paid 28 Billion Lira for Health Expenditures in 2018

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The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released statistics on health expenditures.

Health expenditures reached 165 billion 234 million lira (1 US dollar = 5.77 Turkish lira) in 2018, with a 17.5 percent increase from the previous year.

The proportion of current health expenditure to total health expenditure was 93.1 percent for the year 2017 and 93.8 percent for the year 2018.

Health expenditures were 4.4 percent of gross domestic product

The proportion of total health expenditure to GDP was 4.4 percent in the year 2018. This proportion for general government was 3.4 percent.

General government provided 77.5 percent of health expenditures

The proportion of general government health expenditure to total health expenditure was 78 percent for the year 2017 and 77.5 percent for the year 2018.

Households provided 17.3 percent of health expenditures

Out of pocket health expenditures made by households for treatment, pharmaceuticals etc. reached 28 billion 655 million lira with an increase of 19.4 percent in the year 2018. The proportion of household out of pocket health expenditure to total health expenditure was 17.3 percent in the year 2018.

Health expenditure per capita was 2,030 lira

Health expenditure per capita was 1,751 lira in the year 2017 and then it reached to 2 030 lira with an increase of 15.9 percent in the year 2018. When health expenditure per capita based on US Dollar ($) was evaluated, it was 480 $ in the year 2017 and 430 $ in the year 2018. (HA/VK)