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504 Economic <strong>crisis</strong>, <strong>health</strong> <strong>systems</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>health</strong> in Europe: country experience<br />

• Co-payments abolished for outpatient visits for primary care (2008); reduced<br />

user charges for specialist visits (from TL 8 to TL 5) <strong>and</strong> visits to private<br />

facilities (from TL 15 to TL 12) (2012).<br />

Changes to <strong>health</strong> service planning, purchasing <strong>and</strong> delivery<br />

Prices of medical goods<br />

• Capped generic prices at 60% of the original (previously 80%) (2011).<br />

Salaries <strong>and</strong> motivation of <strong>health</strong> sector workers<br />

• No response reported.<br />

Payment to providers<br />

• No response reported.<br />

Overhead costs: restructuring the Ministry of Health <strong>and</strong> purchasing agencies<br />

• No response reported.<br />

Provider infrastructure <strong>and</strong> capital investment<br />

• Introduction of an e-prescription system whereby only electronic prescriptions<br />

will be reimbursed by the Social Security Institution (2013).<br />

Priority setting or protocols to change access to treatments, coordination<br />

of care <strong>and</strong> patterns of use<br />

• No response reported.<br />

Waiting times<br />

• No response reported.<br />

Health promotion <strong>and</strong> prevention<br />

• No response reported.

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