Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.103-120, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
While determining the level of development for a country, besides some factors such as
economy, education, estimated life duration in birth, health services have a significant role.
Child health which has an important role on passing down healthy generation for future is an
issue that is sensitively probed in terms of improving health services and sustaining these
services. The application of vaccination programs which is one of the important topics on
child health and determination of policies in this concept are some of the bounden duties of
government. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the Health Transformation
Program (HTP) and number of health personnel on vaccination rates. In this study, the rates of
vaccination on Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus (DTP) for the period 1990-2015 were examined
with the data given in OECD database. The dependent variable of this study was determined
as the vaccination and, the independent variables of it were designed as HTP, doctor numbers
per 1000 citizens, the numbers of nurses and midwives. The data was analyzed via ARDL
approach which is a time series method and also a method that is examining whether there is a
relationship between variables in terms of short and long term or not. Within the scope of this
study, the analyses were conducted with the help of Eviews 9 Program in the level of 95% on
reliability. As a result of the analyses, it was confirmed that there was a statistically
meaningful effect of doctor numbers on vaccination rates in the short term and there was an
effect of HTP on vaccination rates in the long term; additionally there was no meaningful
effect of the increase on the numbers of nurses and midwives on the rates of vaccination. It is
possible to say that the increase in vaccination rates is accompanied by a family medicine
practice which is an important component of HTP.