International Conference on Eurasian Economies
2-4 September 2020 – Baku - AZERBAIJAN
Paper properties
Paper ID : 2372
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Dr. Seniha Avcıl
Presentation Location : Online
Session : 3A Mikroekonomi ve Finans
International Accreditation in Health and Quality Standards in Health in Turkey
Sağlıkta Uluslararası Akreditasyon ve Türkiye’de Sağlıkta Kalite Standartları
- Dr. Seniha Avcıl (Serbest Araştırmacı, Türkiye)
Abstract
Accreditation studies in health started in the USA in the beginning of the 20th century, and in the beginning of the 21st century, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it is necessary to determine the health care standards of member countries and to give importance to accreditation studies. Turkey in 2003, "Health Transformation Program" began apps. Within the scope of this program, “Quality Standards in Health " were determined in 2005. Refurbished versions of the standards set continue today, and the evaluation process according to the determined standards started in 2017 to cover all public and private health institutions. Health tourists; the diversity of health care, quality and prefer to receive health services from Turkey due to different advantages. The international accreditation of the health institution is a remarkable variable that influences the preference of health tourists. In this study; It is aimed to determine the opinions of the health institutions that have international accreditation and international health tourism authorization certificate regarding the comparison of the Quality Standards in Health (SKS) and evaluation process and the international accreditation evaluation process. It was designed in the research screening model and it was found appropriate to use qualitative methods. The research group consists of employees of health institutions that have international health tourism authorization certificate and international accreditation, among the organizations whose Quality Standards in Health (SKS) were evaluated in Istanbul in February 2020. The data were collected face to face by the researcher and recorded in the semi-structured interview form.
JEL codes: I15, I18, Z39
Avcıl, Seniha (2020). "International Accreditation in Health and Quality Standards in Health in Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2020, pp.76-84, Baku - AZERBAIJAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C12.02372
Session 3A: Mikroekonomi ve Finans
