European Union member countries of health systems comparison with the Turkish health system: Turkey - Germany case

Turkey is striving to enter the European Union for many years. Although there are ups and downs in relations from time to time, it can be said that there have been negative developments in recent years. In this environment, on Turkey's EU membership is not very exciting. It is a common opinion that everyone should reach a life in EU standards even if they do not become an EU member. Currently, EU member states are expected to meet certain criteria. Health is one of the areas where the EU does not have a common system. Member States themselves are the main determinants of the provision, management and financing of health services. Therefore, in order to make a comparison example in the field of health between Turkey and the EU it would be more appropriate to select a country. For this reason, Germany, which is one of the most important countries of the EU and close to Turkey in terms of population, is the subject of this study. Turkey and has many points of similarity in terms of the functioning of the health sector in Germany; an insurance system that covers the entire population, public funding at close rates, the number of steps in which health services are provided, and so on. However, due to the advanced economies, Germany is located in front of Turkey in many areas. Considering the number of hospitals, number of beds in hospitals, number of doctor-dentist-pharmacist, number of technological devices such as MRI- CT, Turkey lags far behind Germany. In this study, differences were revealed by using the most up-to-date data and official statistics. As in many areas, the first condition for the abolition of gaps in the health sector is the provision of adequate financing. Keywords: Turkey, Germany, Health System Comparison