Measurement of Medical Tourism Efficiency of Countries with Data Environmental Analysis

Year 2019, , 917 - 936, 31.08.2019

Arzu Yiğit , Vahit Yiğit , Selin Eroymak

https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.572046

Cited By: 5

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the productivity of the countries which are classified according to the medical tourism destinations in the world by using data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique. In addition to determine the position in the medical tourism sector, medical tourism destination areas of the world, which is an important component of health tourism in Turkey. Medical tourism activities of countries were evaluated according to CCR model in DEA analysis. In the DEA method, variables consist of four inputs (from GNP to health, medical tourism index, number of physicians (thousand people) and two outputs (number of medical tourists, number of medical tourists in international tourists (%). As a result of the analysis, it was found that the average medical tourism activity of the countries covered by the survey was 69.7%. Turkey's efficiency score was determined as 28.97%. Tourism is one of the major income sources of the countries in the world. Turkey has made substantial progress in recent years in the tourism industry. However, due to the low rate of medical tourists in the number of international tourists in Turkey is quite low share of medical tourism pie. The development of medical tourism in Turkey will increase its contribution to the national economy and health policies should be developed.

Keywords

Medical tourism, Data Envelopment Analysis, Technical Efficiency

Veri Zarflama Analizi ile Ülkelerin Medikal Turizm Etkinliğinin Ölçülmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı dünyadaki medikal turizm destinasyon alanlarına göre sınıflandırılan ülkelerin verimliliklerini veri zarflama analizi (VZA) tekniği kullanılarak tespit etmek ve Türkiye’de sağlık turizminin önemli bir bileşeni olan medikal turizm sektörünün dünyadaki medikal turizm destinasyon alanları içerisindeki konumunu belirlemektir. VZA analizinde CCR modeline göre ülkelerin medikal turizm etkinlikleri değerlendirilmiştir. VZA yönteminde değişkenler dört girdiden (GSMH'den sağlığa ayrılan pay, medikal turizm indeksi, hekim sayısı (bin kişiye)) ve iki çıktıdan (medikal turist sayısı, uluslararası turist sayısı içerisinde medikal turist oranı (%)) oluşmaktadır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda araştırma kapsamındaki ülkelerin medikal turizm etkinliği ortalaması %69.7 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Türkiye’nin verimlilik skoru ise %28.97 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Dünyada ülkelerin önemli gelir kaynağı olan sektörlerden bir tanesi de turizmdir. Türkiye son yıllarda turizm sektöründe önemli gelişmeler sağlamıştır. Ancak Türkiye uluslararası turist sayısı içerisinde medikal turist oranının düşük olmasından dolayı medikal turizm pastasından oldukça düşük pay almaktadır. Türkiye’de medikal turizmin geliştirilmesi katkı sağlayacak sağlık politikaları uygulanarak ülke ekonomisine katkı yapması sağlanmalıdır.

Keywords

Medikal turizm, Veri Zarflama Analizi, Teknik Verimlilik

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