Inaugural Meeting and Workshop on Harmonization of the Turkish Health Accounts System with the OECD 2011 System was Held in Cooperation with TÜSSİDE, SAGEM and Acıbadem University

The "Harmonization of Health Accounts" project was launched on May 9, 2017 in cooperation with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health General Directorate of Health Research (SAGEM) and the Turkish Industrial Transfer and Administration Institute (TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE). Academics from Acıbadem University's Health Policy Implementation and Research Center are also taking part in the project.

The project aims to harmonize Turkey's OECD 2000 Health Accounts System with the updated and expanded OECD 2011 Health Accounts System. In order to achieve this goal, an inaugural meeting was held in Ankara on 13-14 September 2017 with the participation of stakeholder organizations of the Turkish Health Accounts System, and a workshop was organized to identify the current situation and make recommendations.

On the first day of the workshop, representatives from the Ministry of Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Social Security Institution (SSI) and Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), the leading stakeholders of the project, shared the OECD Health Accounts System tables and Turkey's current situation with the participants. On the second day of the workshop, TUBITAK TUSSIDE Common Mind Platform (OAP)® methodology was used to identify the current situation and develop recommendations. The outputs of the workshop will contribute to the action plan to be created for the activities to be carried out for Turkey's integration into the OECD 2011 Health Accounts System.