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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