Health tourism is a rapidly rising trend in the world and in our country and is a very important alternative tourism type. Health tourism: Another limitation from the country of residence in order to regain health is to receive treatment for any reason. Those who go for treatment purposes are called health tourists. Health tourism should not be considered as a type of tourism that is visited only for treatment in hospitals. Although all kinds of tourism that offer a healthy life should be accepted as health tourism, health tourism is evaluated under 3 main headings. 1. Medical Tourism (Treatment and surgery in hospitals, etc.) 2. Thermal Tourism (Services such as rehabilitation and rest in thermal facilities) 3. Elderly and Disabled Tourism (Long-term stays with social activities in geriatric treatment centers or highlands) The main reasons for health tourism: 1. Lack or absence of high-tech health services and professional human resources in their country, 2. The desire to have a vacation with treatment, 3. Health services are available in their own countries, 4. Desire to receive much better quality health service, 5. Recognizing or not wanting the surgery for any reason in his own country (Aesthetic Surgery, Infertility treatment, etc.) 6. Tourism mobility in the country where there is limited opportunity for vacation due to the climate and geography (forests, plateaus, going to countries with historical and cultural richness), the department is an instruction to make a holiday with thermal facilities and Thermal Tourism opportunities. 7. Chronically ill, elderly and disabled people's desire to go to other environments and to be treated, 8.Meeting and requests that may be different or more appropriate with dependencies, 9. The person's desire to live and live. As a result, health tourism is very diverse and includes many reasons. The main reason is the type of tourism made to regain a different money health with better opportunities and it is a rapidly rising sector.
Health Tourism in Turkey
There are 42 JCI accredited health institutions in our country that are accredited to international standards. Private, public and university hospitals, especially in Istanbul and Ankara, are equipped with the highest technology in the world. Turkey also many hospitals in oncological treatments, kardiyovos pantry surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, eye and teeth are high-tech health care. Cyberknife, robotic surgery, MR, services, bone marrow, organ transplantation in these hospitals. can be done. Within the scope of the Ministry of Health's Health Tourism Department, interpreting services are available 24/7 in Arabic, English, German and Russian languages on the lines 112 in emergency cases and 184 in cases of complaints and international patients in hospitals. All doctors are obliged to take out occupational obligation insurance, and in case of any medical error or malpractice, the patient is immediately compensated by the insurance. All our hospitals serve according to national accreditation criteria and are audited twice a year. All procedures and coordination related to health tourism are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health as per the law. All 74 million people living in our country have compulsory health insurance and can receive health services from both private hospitals and public and university hospitals. Data on the number of operations performed in hospitals, equipment and qualified human resources.
In particular, some hospitals (eg, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey's top specialty hospitals, Pulmonary Hypertension and cardiovascular risk. Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, etc.) is many years serving hospitals have done thousands of surgeries are very experienced and skilled health care provider. In addition, private and public hospitals built in the last 10 years are in a structure that does not look like western countries with their technological equipment and physical conditions. In addition, as thermal tourism, we rank seventh in the world in terms of resources and first in Europe. Well-equipped and well-established thermal hotels are rapidly being built in this area. There are many incentives for investors. As a result, we offer the country's climate, natural beauties, historical and cultural regions to all people living around us, just as we offer western-standard health services and thermal services in our hospitals. We invite you to our country as a healing door for a healthy life.
Health Tourism Statistics Some statistics on health tourism are given below:
In the Field of Medical Tourism:
Patients Coming to Our Country from Abroad and Their Branches are as follows.
The Number of Foreign Patients Visiting Public and Private Hospitals in 2009.
Countries: Germany, Netherlands, France, Turkic Republics, Austria and Middle East Countries. 70% of this has been reduced.
Number of Foreign Patients Visiting Public Private Hospitals in 2010
Private Hospitals (92%)
Public Hospitals (8%)
Branches: Eye, Dental Orthopedics, Cardiology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery and 80% of them have come to these branches. Countries: Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Turkic Republics, Middle East, Belgium and 20% other countries.
NEW ERA IN HEALTH TOURISM
Turkey in the health care industry, great strides have been carried out for the last 9 years. Thanks to a series of reforms, the quality and efficiency of the health system has been increased. In addition to public health services, private health services have also started to develop rapidly in recent years. Turkey; It provides services at European standards with its modern hospitals, trained manpower, specialist doctors, technological infrastructure and experience. Many private hospitals in Turkey's service quality has been approved by the world-renowned accreditation agencies. JCI (Joint Comissions International / International Joint Commission) with accredited 37 hospitals, 3 laboratories, one transport vehicle and 1 outpatient treatment with a total of 42 health institutions, including central Turkey, the world's second sıradadır.türki geographic location, owned health institutions, trained in the industry and with its trained manpower, thermal springs and natural beauties, it is a center of attraction in terms of Health Tourism. Both historical and cultural richness, as well as Turkey and the level of development in the health field, is located in one of the world's favorite country. 27b 33 million in 2011. The number of foreign tourists reached 943 while Turkey is the shining star of the health facilities with health tourism offers and price advantages of using advanced technology.
You're invited to Turkey for health tourism
World countries now recognize health as a new partner and rising medical tourism center of Turkey. Turkey has been the medical and thermal tourism resources, combining five-star hotel with spa and wellness opportunities, health tourist offers quality and cheap tourism packages.
Don't Go Away for Health
Turkey, with its unique and strategic geographical location in Europe, Asia and the junction point between the two continents bordering Central Asia. It can be reached easily and in a short time by plane from many countries. Turkey, combines the hospitality traditions from the past with the concept of medical tourism services. Since the health of tourists set foot in Turkey, all kinds of services that may be needed until farewell to the house, are covered by specialized medical staff and agency officials.
THE LAST WORD IN HEALTH TOURISM Turkey, the health sector has very well-trained and educated manpower. There is no problem in communicating with foreign language-speaking doctors and healthcare professionals. Health tourists can easily get answers to any questions that arise in their minds. In addition, both doctors and nurses before and after surgery ensure that the health tourist who is being treated is sufficiently well informed.
Demand for thermal tourism is higher in Northern Europe and Scandinavian countries, where rheumatic diseases are prevalent due to climate disadvantages. Our country, which has relative advantages in terms of climate, price, security and transportation, is in an extraordinarily advantageous position in terms of medical tourism, spa & wellness and spa tourism, advanced age and sports tourism, and has qualities that can appeal to all segments. In addition, geographical proximity, not because of the nature and climatic conditions of the country and cultural similarities factors taken into consideration when Turkey is well positioned to be an important health and thermal tourism destination countries in the Middle East countries.
Thanks to the visa exemptions provided recently with the Middle Eastern countries, the convenience provided at the borders and other political and cultural relations, there has been a significant increase in travels from these regions. Due to the high cost of healthcare in developed countries, there is an increasing tendency to provide healthcare services from lower-cost countries in order to reduce the treatment services of patients. Sweden, Norway and Denmark after Germany and some private insurance companies in the Netherlands also take the decision to cover the cost of the patient will be sent to Turkey for thermal treatment in our country is an important market share in terms of thermal tourism.
Health tourism will increase even more rapidly in the future in our country, if the care taken by people to their health increases, health services become competitive and cost differences remain the main factor. Experts predict that especially the demand for plastic surgery will continue to increase, so that there will be a significant demand for overseas services and will be replaced by heart surgeries, which are the basic elements of health tourism. Turkey gave priority on the quality and economical health services with nearly 1 billion from neighboring countries are ready to serve the population covered by health tourism. Soon, our country will be number one in health tourism in the world.
