Research Article

BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY

Volume: 39 Number: 1 March 29, 2021
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BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY

Abstract

Detecting and explaining patient mobility patterns allows us to better understand linkages between socioeconomic facts. This research aims to reveal variables that affect the patient mobility among cities in Turkey. It considers not only the health–related factors but also socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic variables to analyze the patient mobility. The data covers 40 million external patient admission to health facilities between 2010 and 2013. The most common clinics (cardiology, pediatric, obstetric, and internal diseases) selected to focus on branch level differences. The random effects regression model was used due to the presence of time-invariant variables on the basis of gravity model. There are statistically significant positive relationships between migration and patient mobility for all the clinics studied. The distance between two provinces has a negative impact on patient movements. Statistically significant relationships in patient mobility are observed for all clinics when two provinces are contiguous. It is observed that patients are moving from the low-income provinces to those having higher income. As a result, apart from the health-related variables, socioeconomic, demographic and geographical factors also have a substantial effect on patient mobility. While generalizing the results, it should be kept in mind that a limited number of clinics are studied.

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English

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Research Article

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Publication Date

March 29, 2021

Submission Date

April 27, 2020

Acceptance Date

February 18, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 39 Number: 1

APA
San, S., & Delil, S. (2021). BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 39(1), 121-131. https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.727481
AMA
1.San S, Delil S. BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2021;39(1):121-131. doi:10.17065/huniibf.727481
Chicago
San, Sayın, and Selman Delil. 2021. “BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY”. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 39 (1): 121-31. https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.727481.
EndNote
San S, Delil S (March 1, 2021) BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 39 1 121–131.
IEEE
[1]S. San and S. Delil, “BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY”, Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 121–131, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.17065/huniibf.727481.
ISNAD
San, Sayın - Delil, Selman. “BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY”. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 39/1 (March 1, 2021): 121-131. https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.727481.
JAMA
1.San S, Delil S. BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2021;39:121–131.
MLA
San, Sayın, and Selman Delil. “BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY”. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 39, no. 1, Mar. 2021, pp. 121-3, doi:10.17065/huniibf.727481.
Vancouver
1.Sayın San, Selman Delil. BEYOND A HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE: SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT MOBILITY IN TURKEY. Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2021 Mar. 1;39(1):121-3. doi:10.17065/huniibf.727481

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