Emerging Health Sector Problems Affecting Patient Rights in Turkey

Büken, Nüket Örnek; Büken, Erhan

doi:10.1191/0969733004ne742oa

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“…Across all aspects of care, on average, over two-thirds of Turkish patients thought the primary care they had received was either excellent or good, although this figure is about 14% below the corresponding average in ten European countries. Another study notes that patients stand in line for hours to receive hurried care at some primary care centres (Buken and Buken, 2004). A recent EUROPEP survey investigating satisfaction with primary care services in a large sample of patients spread across the country in 2008 stated that, since the first EUROPEP survey in 2004, satisfaction with most aspects of primary care has increased, especially in provinces where the family medicine scheme has been adopted (OECD-WB, 2008).…”

Section: Satisfaction With Health Care In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 98%

‘Health transformation programme’ in Turkey: an assessment

Yaşar

2010

Health Planning & Management

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The aim of this study is to assess the 'Health Transformation Programme' (HTP) in Turkey announced in 2003. This assessment has been made according to the ultimate performance goals of a health care system, such as improvement in health status, financial risk protection and satisfaction with health care. This study provides a brief history of health policy since 1980, when the Turkish health care system began to transform with the introduction of both structural adjustment and market-oriented reform policy. The main aim of these reforms was increasing efficiency. Reform proposals of the 1990s focused on the introduction of a general health insurance (GHI) system, decentralization, introduction of a family medicine scheme, purchaser-provider split, contracting-out, quasi-markets and improvement of management information systems. Like the reform proposals of the 1990s, HTP has eight components, the major ones being a new role for the Ministry of Health (MoH), introduction of a GHI system, reorganization of health service delivery and human resources development. No component of HTP has yet been sufficiently realized. Therefore, despite some improvements, Turkish people continue to face low health status and a low level of financial risk protection. More research needs to be done for the determination of satisfaction with health services.

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Section: Satisfaction With Health Care In Turkeymentioning

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‘Health transformation programme’ in Turkey: an assessment

Yaşar

2010

Health Planning & Management

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“…30 Establishing patients' rights is a step towards protecting the rights of patients, yet the violation of these rights is common in healthcare institutions, and this is due to the presence of systemic and institutional obstacles, such as insufficient healthcare staff, and inadequate purchase and maintenance of technological equipment. 14 …”

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Operationalization of the Ghanaian Patients’ Charter in a Peri-urban Public Hospital: Voices of Healthcare Workers and Patients

Yarney¹,

Buabeng²,

Baidoo³

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Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: Health is a basic human right necessary for the exercise of other human rights. Every human being is, therefore, entitled to the highest possible standard of health necessary to living a life of dignity. Establishment of patients' Charter is a step towards protecting the rights and responsibilities of patients, but violation of patients' rights is common in healthcare institutions, especially in the developing world. This study which was conducted between May 2013 and May 2014, assessed the operationalization of Ghana's Patients Charter in a peri-urban public hospital. Methods: Qualitative data collection methods were used to collect data from 25 healthcare workers and patients who were purposively selected. The interview data were analyzed manually, using the principles of systematic text condensation. Results:The findings indicate that the healthcare staff of the Polyclinic are aware of the existence of the patients' Charter and also know some of its contents. Patients have no knowledge of the existence or the contents of the Charter. Availability of the Charter, community sensitization, monitoring and orientation of staff are factors that promote the operationalization of the Charter, while institutional implementation procedures such as lack of complaint procedures and low knowledge among patients militate against operationalization of the Charter. Conclusion: Public health facilities should ensure that their patients are well-informed about their rights and responsibilities to facilitate effective implementation of the Charter. Also, patients' rights and responsibilities can be dramatized and broadcasted on television and radio in major Ghanaian languages to enhance awareness of Ghanaians on the Charter.

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“…Amerikan Devrimi süresince çiçek hastalı-ğının yayılmasını önlemek için (çiçek hastalığı lezyonlarına neden olan maddeye maruz kalmamış kişilerde) Avrupa ordusunda deneme amacıyla askerler üzerinde zorunlu aşılama yapılması, 2. İspanya-Amerika savaşı süresince, Amerikan işgali altındaki Filipinler'de, rızası olmayan mahkûmlar üzerinde deneysel kolera aşısının kullanımı, 3. Tedavi edilmemiş sifilizin doğal seyrini izlemeyi amaçlayan bir çalışma olan Tuskegee çalış-ması, 4.…”

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“…Bazı kaynaklar bu gruplara askerleri de eklerler. [1][2][3][4] Araştırmaya katılacak olan askerler, araştırmaya katılmalarını dış belirleyici faktörlerden bağımsız olarak belirleyememe nedeni ile özel dikkat gerektiren grupta yer alırlar. Bu grupların özel grup olarak tanımlanmalarının nedenleri arasında; bu kişilerin kendi hür iradeleri ile karar veremeyecekleri, kararlarının etkilenebileceği, mesleki ya da ekonomik açıdan başkalarına bağımlı olma kaygısı bulunmaktadır.…”

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