PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMS IN TURKEY

Agricultural Policy Reforms Reforms and Rural Development in Turkey

Public Financial ManageMent ReFoRMs in Post-conFlict countRies synthesis RePoRt

The health sector reforms and the efficiency of public hospitals in Turkey: provincial markets.

BACKGROUND Turkey initiated the 'Health Transformation Programme' (HTP) in 2003 to align its health care system with the European Union and OECD countries. This study investigates the impact of these reforms on the efficiency of public hospitals. Our study would contribute to the existing literature with a comprehensive analysis of the health system in a developing country. METHODS We employ ...

Evaluation as Usable Knowledge for Public Management Reforms

Do public sector reforms use evaluation? What good practices has experience brought to light? Does evaluation have a future? In this article, evaluation shall be defined as an instrument or means for improving the capacity to learn about conducting successful change and defining achievable outcomes in the fields of public efficiency and effectiveness. Whilst many forms of evaluation exist, in g...

Effect of health system reforms in Turkey on user satisfaction

In 2003, the Turkish government introduced major health system changes, the Health Transformation Programme (HTP), to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). The HTP leveraged changes in all parts of the health system, organization, financing, resource management and service delivery, with a new family medicine model introducing primary care at the heart of the system. This article examines th...