Research Article

Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients

Volume: 2 Number: 1 April 10, 2020
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Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients

Abstract

          Nowadays, people are in search of both travelling in good suitable conditions and having different holiday experiences. Long waiting times, high costs and health insurance problems force some people to go abroad for treatment. This has led to an increase in the demand of external resources and thus the emergence of healthcare tourism. Healthcare tourism is a type of service tourism in which various medical and non-medical treatments are offered in combination with travel and accommodation services. Health tourism includes travelling from one's permanent place of accommodation to another country or region for the purpose of receiving medical (organ transplantation, surgeries, dental and eye treatments, diagnostic services, etc.) or non-medical (plastic surgery operations, wellness and fitness, geriatric care and treatments, etc.) services. 
          This research studies healthcare tourism as an important aspect in the second decade of the 21st century and Turkey’s role in healthcare tourism. Turkey is poised to become a hub of healthcare tourism via government, private sector and specialized institutions such as USHAŞ and therefore provides a set of activities in which preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative or supportive health services are offered together with transportation, accommodation and leisure time options.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 10, 2020

Submission Date

January 3, 2020

Acceptance Date

January 6, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Şengül, C., & Çora, H. (2020). Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients. Journal of Health Systems and Policies, 2(1), 56-86. https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ
AMA
1.Şengül C, Çora H. Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients. JHESP. 2020;2(1):56-86. https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ
Chicago
Şengül, Cevat, and Hakan Çora. 2020. “Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey As the New Global Center for International Patients”. Journal of Health Systems and Policies 2 (1): 56-86. https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ.
EndNote
Şengül C, Çora H (April 1, 2020) Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients. Journal of Health Systems and Policies 2 1 56–86.
IEEE
[1]C. Şengül and H. Çora, “Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients”, JHESP, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 56–86, Apr. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ
ISNAD
Şengül, Cevat - Çora, Hakan. “Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey As the New Global Center for International Patients”. Journal of Health Systems and Policies 2/1 (April 1, 2020): 56-86. https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ.
JAMA
1.Şengül C, Çora H. Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients. JHESP. 2020;2:56–86.
MLA
Şengül, Cevat, and Hakan Çora. “Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey As the New Global Center for International Patients”. Journal of Health Systems and Policies, vol. 2, no. 1, Apr. 2020, pp. 56-86, https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ.
Vancouver
1.Cevat Şengül, Hakan Çora. Healthcare Tourism in Second Decade of 21st Century- A Review of Turkey as the New Global Center for International Patients. JHESP [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 1;2(1):56-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA58YG84AJ

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