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DOI :10.26650/oba.1454701   IUP :10.26650/oba.1454701    Full Text (PDF)

The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897

Şahin YeşilyurtAbdullah Tirgil

This study examines technical efficiency scores in producing health outcomes of hospital discharges and hospital visits for the twenty-eight Ottoman State provinces. We measure efficiency scores by implementing data envelopment analysis using the first statistical yearbook of the Ottoman State for 1897. Our findings indicate that some provinces achieve relative efficiency, including Dersaadet, Jerusalem, Adana, and Aydın with good health outcomes, Biga and Benghazi with moderate health outcomes, and Yemen with lousy health outcomes. Our results also suggest that inefficient provinces can substantially reduce their inputs without reducing hospital discharges and maintaining the same hospital visits. As a result, this study measures the efficiency of health services in the Ottoman State for 1897.

DOI :10.26650/oba.1454701   IUP :10.26650/oba.1454701    Full Text (PDF)

Osmanlı Devleti Vilayetlerinde Sağlık Hizmetlerinin Etkinliği: 1897 Yılı

Şahin YeşilyurtAbdullah Tirgil

Bu çalışma, 28 Osmanlı Devleti vilayeti için hastaneden taburcu olma ve hastane müracaat sayıları sağlık sonuçlarının üretilmesinde teknik etkinlik skorlarını incelemektedir. Etkinlik sonuçlarını, Osmanlı Devleti’nin 1897 tarihli ilk istatistik yıllığını kullanarak veri zarflama analizi uygulayarak ölçmekteyiz. Bulgularımız, iyi sağlık sonuçlarıyla Dersaadet, Kudüs, Adana ve Aydın, orta sağlık sonuçlarıyla Biga ve Bingazi ve kötü sağlık sonuçlarıyla Yemen gibi bazı vilayetlerin göreli verimlilik elde ettiğini göstermektedir. Sonuçlarımız ayrıca, etkin olmayan vilayetlerin hastane taburcu ve hastane müracaat oranlarını azaltmadan girdilerini önemli ölçüde azaltabileceğini göstermektedir. Sonuç itibariyle, bu çalışma Osmanlı’da sağlık hizmetlerinin etkinliğini 1897 yılı için ölçmektedir. 


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Yeşilyurt, Ş., & Tirgil, A. (2025). The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897. Studies in Ottoman Science, 26(1), 16-28. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701


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Yeşilyurt Ş, Tirgil A. The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897. Studies in Ottoman Science. 2025;26(1):16-28. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701


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Yeşilyurt, Ş.; Tirgil, A. The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897. Studies in Ottoman Science, [Publisher Location], v. 26, n. 1, p. 16-28, 2025.


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Yeşilyurt, Şahin, and Abdullah Tirgil. 2025. “The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897.” Studies in Ottoman Science 26, no. 1: 16-28. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701


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Yeşilyurt, Şahin, and Abdullah Tirgil. The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897.” Studies in Ottoman Science 26, no. 1 (Mar. 2025): 16-28. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701


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Yeşilyurt, Şahin, and Abdullah Tirgil. The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897.” Studies in Ottoman Science, vol. 26, no. 1, 2025, pp. 16-28. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701


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Yeşilyurt Ş, Tirgil A. The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897. Studies in Ottoman Science [Internet]. 10 Mar. 2025 [cited 10 Mar. 2025];26(1):16-28. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701 doi: 10.26650/oba.1454701


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Yeşilyurt, Şahin - Tirgil, Abdullah. The Efficiency of Health Services in the Provinces of the Ottoman State: The Year 1897”. Studies in Ottoman Science 26/1 (Mar. 2025): 16-28. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.1454701



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Submitted18.03.2024
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