Financial & Accounting Impact for Reduction of Foreign Products in Turkish Health Sector

Authors : Gülay SELVİ HANİŞOĞLU, Cevdet KIZIL, Nedim BİRİNCİ

Pages : 197-232

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Publication Date : 2019-12-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, public procurement in the Turkish health sector was examined in terms of procurement method and product origin, taking into consideration the public procurement legislation. The financial impact of reducing the purchase of foreign origin products was analyzed, and recommendations were made. For this purpose, data from the Ministry of Health's decision support systems were collected by selecting specific indicators from data banks. The data of public procurement vouchers belonging to the Ministry of Health in the province of İstanbul in 2017, were used in this research. Turkey Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency data banks and data banks in the Turkish Pharmacists' Association were used to identify the product origins. The findings of the study showed that the majority of public procurement in the health sector was purchased through an open procurement procedure. Besides, a significant portion of the procurement was made with direct procurement. It was also determined that most of the purchased products were of foreign origin.
Keywords : Health Sector, finance, accounting, health sector, public procurement auctions, foreign origin products