Process Analysis of a Public Policy in Turkey: Medical Tourism

Year 2021, Volume: 12 Issue: 30, 417 - 433, 20.05.2021

Fatma Kantaş Yılmaz Hasim Capar Canan Şeker

https://doi.org/10.21076/vizyoner.803981

Abstract

Medical tourism field, which is a developing industry in terms of variety and popularity of medical interventions, generated in the formation of policy, implementation, understanding the efficiency and effectiveness would help to build Turkey's future projections. The purpose of the research is to analyze the policy of medical tourism in Turkey in the context of actors by using “Process Analysis Model”. In the study which is designed with qualitative method, case study design and purposive sampling methods are used. The findings are analyzed by content analysis method under the headings of the model: agenda setting, formulation, legitimation, implementation and evaluation. The common opinion that the actors of medical tourism do not fully utlise the potential of medical tourism potential in Turkey, underlines the importance of enhancing the participation and collaboration of stakeholders in increasing the market share in Turkey.

Keywords

Politics, Turkey, Medical Tourism, Process Analysis

Türkiye’de Bir Kamu Politikası Süreç Analizi: Medikal Turizm

Abstract

Tıbbi müdahalelerin çeşitliliği ve popülerliği bakımından gelişmeye devam eden bir endüstri olan medikal turizm alanında üretilen politikaların oluşturulmasını, uygulanmasını, değerlendirilmesi, etkinliği ve etkililiğini anlamak; hiç şüphesiz ki Türkiye’nin gelecek projeksiyonlarının oluşturulmasına yardımcı olacaktır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye’de medikal turizm politikalarını, aktörler bağlamında “Süreç Analiz Modeli” kullanılarak analiz etmektir. Bilimsel araştırma yöntemlerinden nitel yöntemle tasarlanan bu araştırmada, durum çalışması deseni ve amaçlı örnekleme yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Çalışmadan elde edilen bulgular içerik analizi yöntemi ile Süreç Analiz Modelinde yer alan başlıklar altında ele alınmıştır. Bu başlıklar; gündeme geliş, formüle ediliş, kanunlaştırma, uygulama ve değerlendirmedir. Çalışma yapılırken medikal turizme taraf olan aktörlerin medikal turizm potansiyelimizi yeterince kullanamadığımız yönündeki ortak görüşü, Türkiye’nin medikal turizm alanındaki pazar payının arttırılmasında paydaşların katılım ve iş birliğinin öneminin altını çizmektedir.

Keywords

Politika, Türkiye, Medikal Turizm, Süreç Analizi

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