Puren Aktas
Research Interests
Health policy in developing countries; health systems regulation; health workforce policies; policy development and implementation; qualitative methods.
Publications
Journals
- Aktas, P. (2022). Physician perspectives on the implications of the DRG for medical practice in Turkey: A qualitative study. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3445.
- Aktas, P. (2021). Chronic and rare disease patients’ access to healthcare services during a health crisis: the example of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Health Expectations, 24(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13321
- Yilmaz, V., & Aktas, P. (2020). The making of a global medical tourism destination: From state-supported privatisation to state entrepreneurialism in healthcare in Turkey. Global Social Policy, 21(2), 301-318. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018120981423
Conferences
-‘Discussing discretion of public employees: A review of concepts in the public policy literature.’ Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 2022, University of York.
- ‘Rare disease patients’ experiences in access to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: The example of Turkey.’ Social Policy Association Virtual Annual Conference, 2021.
- ‘Exploring physician perceptions on the transformation of medical practice within the context of the healthcare reform in Turkey.’ European Sociological Association Conference, 2019, The University of Manchester.
- ‘An analysis of health workforce policy in the context of healthcare reform in Turkey.’ European Sociological Association Research Network 26: The Sociology of Social Policy and Social Welfare, 2018, University of Catania.
Other
- COVID-19 and access to healthcare services: lessons from patient organisations in Turkey (with Liz Richardson), Policy@Manchester Blog. August 23, 2021. https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2021/08/covid-19-pandemic-and-access-to-healthcare-services-lessons-from-patient-organisations-in-turkey/