Research Article

Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study

Volume: 21 Number: 2 July 11, 2023
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Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the tourist patients admitted to Arnavutköy State Hospital for one year. This hospital is the closest hospital to Istanbul Airport and is one of Turkey's largest transportation hubs. An observational, descriptive, and retrospective case study design was used for this study. Study participants were foreign nationals who applied to Arnavutköy State Hospital without a Republic of Turkey Identity Card. In terms of patient volume, emergency medicine accounted for 60.9% of patients, surgical departments for 25.8%, and medical branches accounted for 13.3%. A total of 57.7% of the income derived from these foreign patients was received from the Emergency Department (ED), 25.0% by the surgical departments, and 17.3% by the medical departments. A total of 1021 foreign patients were admitted to the ED, accounting for 57.7% of the total foreign patient revenue. The application rate for foreign patients was highest from Asian countries (n=1282, 76.5%), followed by the European continent (n=204, 12.2%). The impact of EDs in health tourism may be missed if authorities consider health tourism only as therapeutic travel.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

July 12, 2023

Publication Date

July 11, 2023

Submission Date

April 4, 2023

Acceptance Date

May 29, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 21 Number: 2

APA
Tatlıparmak, A. C., Özden, M. F., Kahraman Ak, S., Sanır, R., & Yılmaz, S. (2023). Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study. Journal of Management and Economics Research, 21(2), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1277202
AMA
1.Tatlıparmak AC, Özden MF, Kahraman Ak S, Sanır R, Yılmaz S. Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2023;21(2):109-119. doi:10.11611/yead.1277202
Chicago
Tatlıparmak, Ali Cankut, Muhammed Furkan Özden, Sibel Kahraman Ak, Rabia Sanır, and Sarper Yılmaz. 2023. “Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study”. Journal of Management and Economics Research 21 (2): 109-19. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1277202.
EndNote
Tatlıparmak AC, Özden MF, Kahraman Ak S, Sanır R, Yılmaz S (July 1, 2023) Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study. Journal of Management and Economics Research 21 2 109–119.
IEEE
[1]A. C. Tatlıparmak, M. F. Özden, S. Kahraman Ak, R. Sanır, and S. Yılmaz, “Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study”, Journal of Management and Economics Research, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 109–119, July 2023, doi: 10.11611/yead.1277202.
ISNAD
Tatlıparmak, Ali Cankut - Özden, Muhammed Furkan - Kahraman Ak, Sibel - Sanır, Rabia - Yılmaz, Sarper. “Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study”. Journal of Management and Economics Research 21/2 (July 1, 2023): 109-119. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1277202.
JAMA
1.Tatlıparmak AC, Özden MF, Kahraman Ak S, Sanır R, Yılmaz S. Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2023;21:109–119.
MLA
Tatlıparmak, Ali Cankut, et al. “Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study”. Journal of Management and Economics Research, vol. 21, no. 2, July 2023, pp. 109-1, doi:10.11611/yead.1277202.
Vancouver
1.Ali Cankut Tatlıparmak, Muhammed Furkan Özden, Sibel Kahraman Ak, Rabia Sanır, Sarper Yılmaz. Health Tourism and Emergency Medicine: A Case Study. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2023 Jul. 1;21(2):109-1. doi:10.11611/yead.1277202