Socioeconomic Determinants of Out-Of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures in Türkiye
Socioeconomic Determinants of Out-Of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures in Türkiye

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores socioeconomic determinants of out-of-pocket healthcare spending in Türkiye. A nationally representative Türkiye sample of the Life in Transition Survey is used. The literature is extended by using a new nationally representative survey of Türkiye to investigate the factors contributing to out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. Also, thanks to the data set used, this paper can control maternal education, health status, and perceived relative income variables, which previous studies cannot explore. Overall, The findings indicate that growth in income increases out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. In contrast, increasing the respondents' and mothers' educational attainment decreases out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. Also, males are more likely to have out-of-pocket healthcare spending than females. Finally, having good or excellent self-reported health decreases the possibility of making out-of-pocket health care spending.

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