Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program

This paper evaluates the equity and financial protection implications of the expansion of the Green Card (Yesil Kart) non-contributory health insurance program in Turkey during the growth years from 2003 to 2008. It also considers the program'...

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Main Authors:	Aran, Meltem A., Hentschel, Jesko S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2013
Subjects:	BEDROOMS CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING CITIES CURATIVE HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS ECONOMIC POLICY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FEMALE FINANCIAL PROTECTION FORMAL LABOR MARKET GENDER HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH COSTS HEALTH DEMAND HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFANTS INFORMAL SECTOR INPATIENT CARE INSURANCE PLAN LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE POOR OUTPATIENT CARE POCKET PAYMENTS POCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PREVENTIVE CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE SAFETY SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE URBAN POPULATION USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VISITS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16627384/protection-good-bad-times-turkish-green-card-health-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12024

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spelling	okr-10986-120242021-04-23T14:02:59Z Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program Aran, Meltem A. Hentschel, Jesko S. BEDROOMS CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING CITIES CURATIVE HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS ECONOMIC POLICY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FEMALE FINANCIAL PROTECTION FORMAL LABOR MARKET GENDER HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH COSTS HEALTH DEMAND HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFANTS INFORMAL SECTOR INPATIENT CARE INSURANCE PLAN LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE POOR OUTPATIENT CARE POCKET PAYMENTS POCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PREVENTIVE CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE SAFETY SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE URBAN POPULATION USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VISITS This paper evaluates the equity and financial protection implications of the expansion of the Green Card (Yesil Kart) non-contributory health insurance program in Turkey during the growth years from 2003 to 2008. It also considers the program's protective impact during the economic crisis in 2009. The authors find that the rapid expansion of the program between 2003 and 2008 was highly progressive. It led to significant gains in coverage of the poor but offered limited financial protection as out-of-pocket expenditures even before the introduction of the program had been limited. Using a specialized welfare monitoring survey, fielded in 2009, the authors estimate the impact of the program on household level health care utilization during the first phase of the economic slowdown in Turkey. Using three different estimation techniques, they find that the Green Card program had a significantly positive impact on protecting health care utilization during the crisis. 2013-01-02T15:35:31Z 2013-01-02T15:35:31Z 2012-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16627384/protection-good-bad-times-turkish-green-card-health-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12024 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Turkey
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topic	BEDROOMS CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING CITIES CURATIVE HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS ECONOMIC POLICY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FEMALE FINANCIAL PROTECTION FORMAL LABOR MARKET GENDER HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH COSTS HEALTH DEMAND HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFANTS INFORMAL SECTOR INPATIENT CARE INSURANCE PLAN LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE POOR OUTPATIENT CARE POCKET PAYMENTS POCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PREVENTIVE CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE SAFETY SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE URBAN POPULATION USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VISITS
spellingShingle	BEDROOMS CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING CITIES CURATIVE HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS ECONOMIC POLICY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FEMALE FINANCIAL PROTECTION FORMAL LABOR MARKET GENDER HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH COSTS HEALTH DEMAND HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFANTS INFORMAL SECTOR INPATIENT CARE INSURANCE PLAN LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE POOR OUTPATIENT CARE POCKET PAYMENTS POCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PREVENTIVE CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE SAFETY SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE URBAN POPULATION USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VISITS Aran, Meltem A. Hentschel, Jesko S. Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program
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description	This paper evaluates the equity and financial protection implications of the expansion of the Green Card (Yesil Kart) non-contributory health insurance program in Turkey during the growth years from 2003 to 2008. It also considers the program's protective impact during the economic crisis in 2009. The authors find that the rapid expansion of the program between 2003 and 2008 was highly progressive. It led to significant gains in coverage of the poor but offered limited financial protection as out-of-pocket expenditures even before the introduction of the program had been limited. Using a specialized welfare monitoring survey, fielded in 2009, the authors estimate the impact of the program on household level health care utilization during the first phase of the economic slowdown in Turkey. Using three different estimation techniques, they find that the Green Card program had a significantly positive impact on protecting health care utilization during the crisis.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Aran, Meltem A. Hentschel, Jesko S.
author_facet	Aran, Meltem A. Hentschel, Jesko S.
author_sort	Aran, Meltem A.
title	Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program
title_short	Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program
title_full	Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program
title_fullStr	Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program
title_full_unstemmed	Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program
title_sort	protection in good and bad times? the turkish green card health program
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16627384/protection-good-bad-times-turkish-green-card-health-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12024
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Protection in Good and Bad Times? The Turkish Green Card Health Program

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