Turkish medical services for international medical tourists : a model proposal

Abstract

This thesis aims to develop a model proposal for Turkish medical services (TMS) from a patient perspective for international medical tourists and to develop a vision and understanding of the factors affecting the choice of medical destination in medical tourism. Furthermore, the study aims to provide a critical evaluation to those interested in Türkiye as an ideal destination for medical tourism. The research starts by reviewing various medical tourism definitions. It presents the contrasts between Health and medical tourism, the medical tourism history, the global medical tourism industry, and interviews with its players. He also discusses expanding Turkish medical services, access, quality, and attainability. A quantitative approach uses a model proposal method to identify scale dimensions and items. Based on a survey, it is performed to obtain a new sample for confirmatory factor analysis. This proposal represents many layers of TMS understanding and will be examined from distinct recommendation series viewpoints.