Evaluation of the Effect of Integrated City Hospitals on Health Tourism by Swot Analysis

Abstract

Twenty-five city hospitals are planned under the Health Transformation Program. Some of them have been completed and they serve our people, some of them are still under construction, and some of them are planned to be built. City.hospitals which are realized with large investments, also have a big impact on our country’s economy. In this study, the concept of health tourism is handled together with city hospitals and its examples in the world are analyzed. The existing potential and strengths of our health sector and the potential to be gained through the operation of city hospitals are determined. How to raise them to a higher level has been discussed. It is The defirences of health tourism of our country and the threats to be faced are analyzed.. Here are the results evaluated by the SWOT technique based on the literature.

Keywords

• City Hospitals,
• Health Tourism,
• Public-Private Partnership,
• SWOT Analysis

Şehir Hastanelerinin Sağlık Turizmine Etkisinin Swot Analizi İle Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Şehir hastaneleri Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programı kapsamında planlanmıştır. Bir kısmı tamamlanmış ve insanımıza hizmet etmekte, bir kısmının yapımı devam etmekte ve bir kısmı da planlama aşamasında olmak üzere toplam yirmi beş şehir hastanesinin yapımı hedeflenmiştir. Büyük yatırımlar ile gerçekleştirilmekte olan hastanelerin ülkemiz ekonomisine etkisi de büyük olmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, sağlık turizmi kavramı şehir hastaneleri ile birlikte ele alınmış ve dünyadaki örnekleri analiz edilmiştir. Sağlık sektörümüzün var olan potansiyeli ve şehir hastanelerinin işletilmesi ile kazanacağı potansiyelin barındırdığı fırsatlar ve güçlü yönleri belirlenmiştir. Bunların daha üst seviyeye nasıl çıkarılacağı tartışılmıştır. Ülkemizin sağlık turizmi için hangi eksikliklerinin olduğu, hangi tehditler ile karşı karşıya olduğu analiz edilmiştir. Burada literatüre dayalı olarak SWOT tekniği ile sonuçlar değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

• Şehir Hastaneleri,
• Sağlık Turizmi,
• Kamu-Özel Ortaklığı,
• SWOT Analizi

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