City Hospitals-Public-Private Partnership in Health in Turkey

“With the public private partnership financing method, resources are transferred from the pockets of the citizens to the global capital. In this system, the closure of easily accessible hospitals in the city creates difficulty in accessing healthcare services for patients and can therefore hinder the public's right to health.”

- Prof. Dr. Raşit Tükel, President of the Central Council of the Turkish Medical Association -

Subject: Directly our health! Turkey's health system has been transforming towards marketization for a long time, as in many public service areas. City hospitals, which came into play as a public-private partnership model, are a new and comprehensive phase of this transformation. In the book you have, the phenomenon of city hospitals is evaluated from a multifaceted perspective. How does the political economy of this model work, what are its economic and financial effects? What is the legal framework, what is the course of the lawsuits filed against city hospitals? What are the employment conditions, what awaits healthcare workers? What awaits patients; What will be the effects of the system that prioritizes "customer satisfaction" rather than medical requirements?

In the book, the first concrete experiences of the city hospitals projects in the examples of Ankara, Mersin, Adana and Yozgat are also discussed. A frightening health survey about Turkey's health system... Eriş Bilaloğlu, Sedat Çal, Uğur Emek, Özgür Erbaş, Bayazıt İlhan, Ali İhsan Ökten, Sabri, Öncü, Kayıhan Pala, Mustafa Sönmez, Çiğdem Toker, Raşit Tükel, Ful Uğurhan, With the contributions of Cavit Işık Yavuz and Halis Yerlikaya.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Compiled by: Kayıhan Pala

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Pages: 328

Size: 13 x 19.5