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                                                                                    <journal-title>Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1308-6979</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Dogus University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31671/doujournal.1407556</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Finance</subject>
                                                            <subject>Business Administration</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Finans</subject>
                                                            <subject>İşletme </subject>
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                                    <trans-title>ÖZEL HASTANELERİN FİNANSAL SÜRDÜRÜLEBİRLİK DÜZEYLERİ İLE İLGİLİ NE BİLİYORUZ? BİR ÖZEL HASTANE ZİNCİRİNDEN KANITLAR</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS? EVIDENCE FROM A PRIVATE HOSPITAL CHAIN</article-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3329-4573</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çavmak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Doğancan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TARSUS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, SAĞLIK YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250124">
                    <day>01</day>
                    <month>24</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
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                                        <volume>26</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>61</fpage>
                                        <lpage>73</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20231220">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20240520">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2000, Dogus University Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2000</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Dogus University Journal</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Özel sağlık hizmet sunucuları Türkiye sağlık sisteminde önemli düzeyde hizmet üretimi gerçekleştirmektedir. Dolayısıyla varlıklarını devam ettirebilmeleri sağlık sisteminin başarısı açısından önemli bir konudur. Bu noktada sektörün finansal sürdürülebilirlik düzeyi en önemli belirleyici olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Türkiye özel sağlık sektörünün finansal sürdürülebilirlik düzeyine yönelik bir değerlendirme yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Konuyu irdeleyebilmek için Türkiye genelinde farklı bölgelerde hastanelere sahip bir grubun 10 yıllık verileri kullanılarak analizler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Finansal sürdürülebilirliğin çok boyutlu bir konu olması sebebi ile reel büyüme düzeyi, kârlılık oranları, varlık kullanım oranları ve nakit döngüsü gibi birden fazla değişkenin yer aldığı dört kategoride bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Bu değişkenler baz alınarak bir finansal sürdürülebilirlik endeksi oluşturulmuştur. Analizler sonucunda şirketin finansal sürdürülebilirlik düzeyinin dalgalı bir seyir izlediği ve analiz döneminin önemli bir kısmında düşüş gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir. Satışların reel olarak artış göstermesine, kârlılık oranlarının büyük düşüşler göstermemesine ve varlık kullanım oranlarının yüksek olmasına rağmen, yüksek seyreden üretim maliyetlerinin ve alacak tahsilatında yaşanan gecikmelerin finansal sürdürülebilirlik düzeyine olumsuz yansıdığı tespit edilmiştir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Private for-profit healthcare providers significantly contribute to health system in Türkiye. Therefore, the ability of the private providers to sustain their operations is critical for the success of the health system. At this point, the sector&#039;s financial sustainability emerges as an important determinant. This study aims to assess the financial sustainability of private healthcare sector in Türkiye. To explore this phenomenon, data for a decade were obtained from a private hospital chain which has nine hospitals in different regions in Türkiye. Given the multidimensional structure of financial sustainability, the evaluation was carried out across four categories encompassing various variables such as real growth rate, profitability ratios, asset turnover rates, and cash conversion cycle. Based on the variables, a financial sustainability index was formed. The analyses showed that the hospital’s level of financial sustainability had a fluctuating trend and exhibited a decline for a significant portion of the analysis period. Despite real increases in sales, relatively stable profitability ratios, and high asset turnover rates, it was determined that high production costs and prolonged collection period for accounts receivable adversely impacted the level of financial sustainability.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Private Hospitals</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Financial Sustainability</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Financial Analysis</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Healthcare Management</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Özel Hastaneler</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Finansal Sürdürülebilirlik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Finansal Analiz</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sağlık Yönetimi</kwd>
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