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Within the framework of separating the funding and provision of health services, the Ministry of Health has taken over all public health facilities as of January 19, 2005, unifying all public hospitals under a single umbrella. |
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| A law on general health is insurance was prepared to include citizens who have none. This law, which went into effect in 2006, envisages public funding to pay for the insurance premiums of citizens who cannot afford them. |
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| In the meantime, a project has started to establish a joint data base for common use with the social security institutions within the scope of the e-Turkey Project, envisaging the adoption of an automated health information system called e-health. As a result of efforts to determine the exact number of people covered by the Retirement Fund, SSK and BAĐ-KUR and Green Card holders in order to eliminate redundancy, substantial ground has been covered to implement a system of individual identification for each patient and the electronic processing of personal health information. |
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| Furthermore, efforts are under way to improve health information, to determine the factors affecting health and to take swift measures against detrimental factors in accordance with the Public Health Action Program, for which a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the European Union. |
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Civil servants can receive health service in private policlinics and
health institutions. |
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By 2006, the total number of hospitals across the country, including those belonging to the private sector, rose to 1,198, with a total bed capacity of 192,000. The utilization ratio of the bed capacity, however, is 64.5%. On the other hand, the recent addition of a new article to the Basic Law on Health Services (Law No. 3359) has given the Ministry of Health the opportunity to cooperate with the private sector on a build-and-rent model to solve a number of problems in health care services coming from a lack of funds. |
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| In addition, the data collected as a result of the “Turkish Health Inventory” studies, launched and completed by the Research, Planning and Coordination Council of the Ministry of Health, are in the stage of integration with the “Geographic Information System”. This study aims to increase rationality of planning vis-ŕ-vis investments and services in the health sector. It covers all public institutions, organizations, hospitals and outpatient clinics as well as all health facilities belonging to universities, foundations, associations and the private sector. |
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Meanwhile, a Continuous Training Program for Oral and Dental Health is being prepared to solve the existing dental problems in the country. This program envisages the supply of detailed information to parents and particularly to mothers regarding oral and dental hygiene beginning from |
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