International Journal of Business and Social Science

ISSN 2219-1933 (Print), 2219-6021 (Online) DOI: 10.30845/ijbss

Health Economics
Dr. Filiz Gölpek

Abstract
Being healthy is one of the most important factors contributing to individual prosperity. Health is the basic requirement to enjoy other aspects of life. If one is not healthy, other satisfaction tools which are owned lose their meaning. Therefore, in many countries, a considerable amount of money is allocated from the national income for health spending. They are scarce. In this case, social aspect of the issue dominates the economic aspect. Allocating national income for health care services, providing a certain level of health care services through scarce resources and performing this with the best methodology, the question of whether public intervention should be instead of private sector, what will be the composition of the services provided by the both parties and who will pay for the costs of health care services are related to economics. Within this context, this study aims to provide a technical framework for health economic.

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