Research Article

Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms

Volume: 19 Number: 4 December 31, 2018
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Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms

Abstract

Having access to health care services is the most primary of the basic human rights. It is vital that all citizens in a country are able to get these services equally and homogeneously. Despite its importance, providing health services vary from both country to country and between different provinces or states in country. Similarly, it may cause severe disparities and negative effects between individuals in the society. The primary concern of this study is to determine whether there is any difference between Turkey provinces in terms of accessing health care services, or not. Several clustering algorithms including hierarchical clustering, k-means and partitioning around medoids (pam) were applied to the data set including 31 health indicators of all provinces in Turkey. After comparing these algorithms via using some measures for determining the number of clusters and cluster validity, the findings showed that there were four distinct and significant clusters based on k-means clustering algorithm. It seemed that these clustering results were in a a close reciprocal relationship with the economic development and geographical location of provinces. Clustering results were evaluated and interpreted according to these two important findings.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

December 31, 2018

Submission Date

April 9, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 19, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 19 Number: 4

APA
Yıldırım, H. (2018). Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms. Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering, 19(4), 907-925. https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890
AMA
1.Yıldırım H. Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms. Estuscience - Se. 2018;19(4):907-925. doi:10.18038/aubtda.413890
Chicago
Yıldırım, Hasan. 2018. “Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms”. Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 19 (4): 907-25. https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890.
EndNote
Yıldırım H (December 1, 2018) Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms. Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 19 4 907–925.
IEEE
[1]H. Yıldırım, “Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms”, Estuscience - Se, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 907–925, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.18038/aubtda.413890.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Hasan. “Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms”. Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 19/4 (December 1, 2018): 907-925. https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım H. Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms. Estuscience - Se. 2018;19:907–925.
MLA
Yıldırım, Hasan. “Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms”. Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering, vol. 19, no. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 907-25, doi:10.18038/aubtda.413890.
Vancouver
1.Hasan Yıldırım. Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms. Estuscience - Se. 2018 Dec. 1;19(4):907-25. doi:10.18038/aubtda.413890

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