Medical Transparency: The Turkish Case

Medical Transparency: The Turkish Case Şerif BOYACI, pharmacist Turkish Pharmacists' Association

Transperancy in determination of the price
Two different prices:
Public price
Retail price
Strict regulations in determination of public price:
The cheapest of reference countries
The cheapest within the theraupatic class.
Positive list
Co-payment of patient.
Retail price:
Fixed margin rates for wholesalers and pharmacists

Cost estimation
Cost estimation for public bodies
Global budget (will be implemented for the year 2009)
Cost estimation of the patient
Standard co-payment as a tool for awareness of the drug prices
Extra payment for the drugs exceeding the reimbursement limit.

The right of patient to obtain drug information
The Regulation on the Patient Rights that ensures the right of the patient to access the drug information .
“ Short drug information” available via website of Ministry of Health.
The counselling services of the pharmacists.

The right of patient to have access to drugs
Again, The Regulation on the Patient Rights ensures the right to access the drugs.
The General Social Insurance System, subsumes all the citizens and non-citizens
The extensiveness of the pharmacies is guaranteeing the access.

Transparency and privacy
Privacy of the patient information is guaranteed by the laws.
But as an implementation of e-health systems, the Smartcard application is planned to be started at January 2010, on which we have doubts about the security of the patient information.

The sustainability of pharmaceutical services
The guarantee of the sustainability is the continuum of reimbursement system.
Turkey is the third most hit country by the global economic crisis.
Social security expenses are already exceeding the budget.
By generalisation of the social security system, the Institution pays the contribution of the unemployed (whose number reaches the 14.5% of the population), people below the age of 18, and people with low income.

Medical Transparency: The Turkish Case

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