Dr. Gülçin Con Wright's Article Titled "Sociopolitical values, sociodemographic factors, and willingness to pay higher taxes to improve public healthcare in Turkey"
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Dr. Gülçin Con Wright's article, co-authored with Dr. Tahir Enes Gedik, titled "Sociopolitical values, sociodemographic factors, and willingness to pay higher taxes to improve public healthcare in Turkey" has been published in Royal Society for Public Health journal, Volume 219, in April 2023.
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Abstract
Objectives
Healthcare systems' reliance on taxes varies across countries with corresponding heterogeneity in public's willingness to pay taxes (WTP) for national healthcare provision. Turkey, a developing country that witnessed a major healthcare transformation, provides a unique context to understand what motivates WTP in a non-Western context.
Study design
This is a cross-sectional study.
Methods
We used the data from the International Social Survey Programme module on health and healthcare in Turkey. The data were collected from a nationally representative sample of adults aged >18 years (n = 1559). Using logistic regression models, we examine the association of sociopolitical values and sociodemographic factors with individuals' WTP to improve public healthcare.
Results
We find that sociopolitical values are more closely associated to the WTP in Turkey compared with sociodemographic factors. However, egalitarianism and humanitarianism were differentially linked to the WTP. Humanitarianism was positively associated, whereas egalitarianism was negatively associated with WTP.
Conclusions
This study shows the prevalence of value-based approach to healthcare provision support in a developing country in the height of healthcare reforms.
Keywords
Willingness to pay, Public healthcare, Turkey, Sociodemographic factors, Sociopolitical values