ZaferÇALIŞKAN,Assoc. Prof.

CONTACT

E-mail:

Phone : 0090 (312) 780 56 57

Fax: 0090 (312) 299 2003

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Undergraduate:Hacettepe University, Department of Economics, 1992

Graduate/Masters’ Degree :Akdeniz University, Department of Economics, 1999.
Graduate/ Ph.D:Hacettepe University, Department of Economics, 2004.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

English

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Health Services and Finances, Health Systems, Pharmacoeconomics, Hospital Economics, Health Economics, Economic Evaluation,Health Technology Assessment, Microeconomics

CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT / COURSES TAUGHT

  • Introduction to Economics, Health Economics, Health Policy and Planning

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2015 (August) - : President-Elect, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) TURKISH Chapter
  • 2014-2016 :Vice Dean, Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
  • 2013 (May) - : Member of Medical and Economic Evaluation Commission, Social Security Association (SGK)
  • 2013- : Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Executive Board
  • 2012 -: Associated Professor, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics
  • 2012 -2014: Vice Director, Hacettepe University Continuing Education Center
  • April 2012-Nov. 2012: Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Executive Board
  • 2011 – 2012:Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Academic Board
  • 2009 –2013: Vice Chair, Department of Economics
  • 2008 – 2011: Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Member Board
  • 2007 – 2009: Member of Medical and Economic Evaluation Commission, Social Security Association (SGK)
  • 2007 – 2012: Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics
  • 2007 – 2011: Academic Visitor, Atılım University
  • 2006 – 2007: Academic Visitor, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 2006 –: Executive Board Member, Health Economics and Policy Research Centre (HÜSEP), Hacettepe University
  • 2004 – 2007: Instructor, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics
  • 1997 – 2004: Research Assistant, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics
  • 1993 – 1997: Research Assistant, Akdeniz University, Department of Economics

ACADEMIC RESEARCH-PUBLICATIONS

Conferences/Meetings

  • Economies of Scale and Scope in Turkish Hospitals”, 3rd. International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, 3-5 June 2004, Athens, Greece (oral presentation)
  • “The Effect of Structural Adjustment on Poverty and Health in Turkey: An Empirical Investigation”, 4th. International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, 3-5 June 2005, Athens, Greece (oral presentation).
  • Health Reform in Europe and the United States: Is There Common Ground? Tufts European Center, 13-15 July 2005, Talloires, France.
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Council, 5-6 December 2005, Madrid, Spain.
  • 1st International Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics Meeting, 24-25 May, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Council, 7-8 November 2006, Paris, France.
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Council, 6-7 November 2007, Rome, Italy.
  • 2nd International Patient Safety Congress, 25-29 March 2008, Antalya, Turkey.
  • Evidence-Based Medicine Symposium with International Participation, 23-25 March 2008, Antalya, Turkey
  • “The Socio-economic Determinants of Health Outcomes: Evidence from 23 OECD Countries” 7th International, Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, 10-13 July 2008, Athens, Greece (oral presentation with D. Başar)
  • Second International Patient Safety Congress, 25-29 March 2008, Antalya, Turkey
  • International meeting For Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Emerging Countries, 4-6 March 2009, Ankara, Turkey
  • 1st National Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Forum, 7 March 2009, Ankara, Turkey.
  • National Employment Strategy Workshop, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, December 18- 20, 2009, Antalya
  • American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) 18th Annual Conference, February 22-28 2011, Las Vegas, USA.
  • Health Promotion Research Workshop, The Ministry of Health of Turkey, 26-28 September 2011, Ankara. Turkey
  • Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Short Course, 12-13 January 2012, Ankara, Turkey
  • 3rd National Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Forum, 9 October 2012, Ankara, Turkey.
  • “The Economic Cost of Acute of Coronary Syndrome in Turkey”, ISPOR 15th Annual European Congress, 3-7 November 2012, Berlin, Germany. Çakır B, Çalışkan, Z., Ergün H, Erol C, Gümüşel B, Tokgözoğlu L, Dayıoğlu M. (Poster presentation)
  • International Diabetes Leadership Forum Turkey 2013, 15-16 November 2013, İstanbul, Turkey
  • Orphan Disease and Orphan Drugs Symposium, 13 September 2014, Antalya, Turkey
  • Future Trends Workshop Turkey 2014, 24-25 October 2014, İstanbul, Turkey
  • “Cost-effectiveness of increasing the influenza vaccinatıon rate in adults with type 2 diabetes in Turkey”, ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, 7-11 November 2015, Milan, Italy. Macabéo B; Akın L; Caliskan Z; Altinel S; Satman I.(Poster presentation)
  • “Direct treatment costs of stroke in Turkey” ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, 7-11 November 2015, Milan, Italy. Tatar M, Senturk A, Tuna E, Karabulut E, Caliskan Z,Arsava EM, Topcuoglu MA. (Poster presentation)
  • Future Trends Workshop Turkey 2015, 24-25 October 2014, İstanbul, Turkey
  • “Indırect Costs Of Epilepsy In Turkey: Cost Of The Disease In Terms Of Work Loss” M. Tatar, A. Şentürk, E. Tuna, C. Gürses, Z. Çalışkan, B. Çağlayan, A Firidin, ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress, 29 October-2 November 2016, Vienna, Austria. (Poster presentation)
  • “Perceptıon Survey On Health Technology Assessment In Turkey: Does Practıce Meet Wıth Regulatıons” R. Köselerli, Z. Çalışkan, G. Kuzucu, K. Gürsoy, H. Ergun, Y. Kaya, S. Türkoğlu, U. Dereli vd.,ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress,29 October-2 November 2016, Vienna, Austria. (Poster presentation)
  • “Indırect Costs Of Stroke In Turkey”M Tatar, E.M. Arsava, M.A. Topcuoğlu, Z. Çalışkan, E. Karabulut, E. Tuna, A. Şentürk, ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress,29 October-2 November 2016, Vienna, Austria. (Poster presentation)
  • New York International Business and Social Science Research Conference (NYIBSRC) 2016, 14-16 July 2016, New York, USA.
  • Future Trends Workshop Turkey 2015, 2-3 December 2016, İstanbul, Turkey

Journal Articles

  • LICHTENBERG, F. R., TATAR, M., andÇALIŞKAN, Z. (2017). The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on health outcomes and utilization in Turkey: A re-examination. Health Policy and Technology,
  • M. TATAR, E.M. ARSAVA, M.A. TOPCUOGLU, Z. CALISKAN, E. KARABULUT, E. TUNA, A. SENTURK (2016) Indirect Costs of Stroke in Turkey,Value in Health(Abstract), Volume 19 , Issue 7.
  • M. TATAR, A. SENTURK, E. TUNA, C. GURSES, Z. CALISKAN, B. CAGLAYAN, A. FIRIDIN (2016) Indirect Costs Of Epilepsy In Turkey: Cost Of The Disease In Terms Of Work Loss,Value in Health(Abstract), Volume 19, Issue 7.
  • R. KOSELERLI, Z CALISKAN, G. KUZUCU, K. GURSOY, H. ERGUN, Y. KAYA, S. TURKOGLU, U. DERELI, and others (2016) Perception Survey on Health Technology Assessment in Turkey: Does Practice Meet with Regulations, Value in Health (Abstract), Volume 19 , Issue 7.
  • ÇALIŞKAN, Z. (2016) An analysis of Public Hospital Unions Performance using Pabón Lasso Model, Journal of SocialInsurance, Year 5, Number 10, pp. 1-24.
  • FOTOUREHCHI, Z. and ÇALIŞKAN, Z. Is It Possible to Describe a Kuznets Curve for Health Outcomes? An Empirical Investigation, Panoeconomicus, DOI:10.2298/PAN150814011F
  • MACABEO, B., AKIN, L., CALISKAN, Z., ALTINEL, S., ve SATMAN, I. (2016). Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing the Influenza Vaccination Rate in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Turkey. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0157657. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157657
  • KAYA, A. İ. and ÇALIŞKAN, Z. (2016) The Effect of Economic Freedom On Health And Educatıon Indıcators: Panel Data Analysis, Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 18/1; 81-102.
  • ATİKELER, K., CALISKAN, Z., TUNA, E., veBARUT. D. M. (2015). Generic Drugs Adoption In Turkish Healthcare System. Value in Health (Abstract), 18(7).
  • TATAR, M., SENTURK, A., TUNA, E., KARABULUT, E., CALISKAN, Z., ARSAVA, E. M., and TOPCUOGLU, M. A. (2015). Direct Treatment Costs Of Stroke In Turkey. Value in Health (Abstract), 18(7), A388.
  • ATILGAN E. andÇALIŞKAN,Z. (2015) The Cost Efficiency of Turkish Hospitals: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis, İktisat, İşletme and Finans, Volume 30, Number 35, pp.9-30
  • ÇALIŞKAN, Z., KILIÇ, D., ÖZTÜRK S., ATILGAN E. (2015) Equity in maternal health care service utilization: a systematic review for developing countries. International Journal of Public Health. Volume 117, Issue 3, pp. 361–373.
  • LICHTENBERG F. R., TATAR M. and ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2014) The effect of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity, hospitalization and medical expenditure in Turkey, 1999-2010. Health Policy, Volume 117, Issue 3, pp.361–373.
  • KILIÇ D. and ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2013) Utilization of Health care Services and The Behavioral Model, Nevsehir University Journal of Social Sciences, 2, pp. 192-206
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2103) Main Determinants of the Unequal Distribution of Physicians in Turkey: An Empirical Analysis, International Journal of Arts and Commerce, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 47-61.
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2012) The Dynamic Stability of Welfare States: Computing Tradionality Index for Social Expenditures, Nevşehir University Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 2, Numer1, pp. 218-239
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2009) The Relationship Between Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Life Expectancy: Evidence from 21 OECD Countries, Applied Economics Letters, Volume 16, pp. 1651–1655
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2009) The Health Expenditures in OECD Countries: Panel Data Analysis, Erciyes University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume 34, pp. 117-137.
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2009) Cost-effectiveness Analysis As an Economics Evaluation Method for Priority Setting in Health Services, SüleymanDemirel University The Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vol.14, No.2 pp.311-332
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2008) Health Economics: A Conceptual Approach, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume 26, Number 2, pp. 29-50.
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2008) Reference Pricing and Pharmacutical Market, Hacettepe Journal of Health Administration, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 49-75
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2006) Testing the Economies of Scope in Joint Production: An Application Based on Hospital Cost Function Estimation, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume 24, Number 1, pp. 1-20.
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2002) Hospital Cost Structures: Methodological Issues and Functional Forms for Estimation Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 173-192.

Books-Book Chapters

  • BAŞAR D., ÇALIŞKAN Z. and KILIÇ S. (2009) “The Socio-economic Determinants of Health Outcomes: Evidence from 23 OECD Countries”, Themes on Health Care: Challenges and Future Actions, Ed.: Zoe Boutsioli, s. 125-134.
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2004) “Economies of Scale and Scope in Turkish Hospitals”, in J.N. Yfantopoulos, (ed), The Economics of Health Reforms, pp. 393-408.
  • ÇALIŞKAN Z. (2005) “The Effect of Structural Adjustment on Poverty and Health in Turkey: An Empirical Investigation,” in J.N. Yfantopoulos and G.T. Papanikos, (eds), Health Economics, Management and Policy, pp. 15-38.

PROJECTS

2010 – 2011 : Project Member, “The Economic Cost of Acute Coroner Syndrome in Turkey”

2009 – 2011 : Project Observer , “The Project of Developing Models for Fiscal Policy Analysis and Evaluation, TÜBİTAK

2001-2004 : Consultant Member, “National Burden of Disease and Cost Effectiveness Project”, The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Turkey – Başkent University

AFFILIATIONS- MEMBERSHIPS

  • Health Economics and Policy Association (HEPA)
  • Turkish Economic Association
  • AnkaraSailingClub
    Reviewer for
  • Applied Economics
  • The Journal of European Health Economics
  • Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences
  • Akdeniz University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences
  • Hacettepe Journal of Health Administration
  • ISPOR