Economists began to revise the inflation expectations in February after the reduction of patient participation shares in public health institutions.
The amount of patient participation in the state and university hospitals increased by the Health Application Communiqué (SUT) published in January was reduced with a communiqué published in the Official Gazette at the weekend.
Increasing patient participation shares had an update effect above 0.5 points on annual inflation in January, and the economists calculated that the effect continued in February and March and the total effect would rise to 1.5 points annually. Following the reduction of the participation share, the total effect is estimated to be lower than 0.4-0.8 points lower compared to the previous prediction.
Parallel to economists, in February, the monthly inflation estimate, which they estimated to be close to 4 percent, began to reduce below 3 percent.
After this change in the QNB daily bulletin, the CPI inflation forecast for February from 3.6 percent to 3 percent.
Bahçeşehir University Prof Ibrahim Unalmis, “February inflation expectations will reduce the expectations of 1 percent of the change will reduce. We have drawn our February inflation forecast to 2.9-century 3.1 percent,” he said.
The lowest estimation for February among the economists of Rueters by Rueters is now 2.8 percent.
Since the economists would be a process regarding the return of the amounts paid, the influence in January said that if this revision is not fast, a monthly health pen could be decreased on a monthly basis in February.
Reuters’ inflation survey in February has not yet been concluded. In the January survey, February inflation expectation of market participants was 2.65 percent and February expectation of the Central Bank in the middle of this month was 3.23 percent in February. Economists’ forecasts began to come to 3 bands on 2.5 percent after the change.
According to the Social Security Institution (SSI) Health Application Communiqué published in the 23 February issue of the Official Gazette, the amount of patient inspection participation in the Ministry of Health, district polyclinics, state and foundation university hospitals was reduced from 45 TL to 20 TL . There was no change in the amount of patient inspection participation in the second and third steps determined as 50 TL.
The examination contribution paid by citizens was increased in state hospitals 233 percent and 543 percent in education and city hospitals since the mid -January. With today’s decision, most of the part of these increases in state and university hospitals has been taken back.
