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The Growing Dependency in Health Care: Recent Changes in Medical Technology Imports and Exports in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Semih Şemin  and
Dilek Güldal
Semih Şemin
Affiliation:
Koruturk Health Center Izmir
Dilek Güldal
Affiliation:
Atatürk Government Hospital Izmir
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Abstract

This study investigates recent changes related to the import and export of medical technology and their results in Turkey. Between 1980 and 1993 the number of medical technology imports in Turkey rose, and there was a parallel rise in its ratio to total imports and health expenditures. In contrast the ratio of medical technology exports to total exports decreased significantly in the same period. The liberalization of foreign trade and the changes of health services toward free market policy has caused growing import of medical technology in Turkey.

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Research Notes
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , Fall 1996 , pp. 752 - 754
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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