Ali Cankut TATLIPARMAK Memorial Şişli Hospital 0000-0002-6729-5021 Türkiye
Muhammed Furkan ÖZDEN Arnavutköy State Hospital 0000-0003-1027-0015 Türkiye
Sibel KAHRAMAN AK İSTANBUL ŞİŞLİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU, İSTANBUL ŞİŞLİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU
0000-0002-6950-7702 Türkiye
Rabia SANIR HALIC UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION (MASTER) (WITH THESIS) 0000-0002-1739-4515 Türkiye
Sarper YILMAZ UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, İSTANBUL KARTAL DR. LÜTFİ KIRDAR HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY 0000-0001-8166-659X Türkiye
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.
Keywords
Health tourism, Emergency department, Tourism, Economy, Surgical departments, Medical departments, Second level hospital
Cite: 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 . DOI: 10.11611/yead.1277202
