HEALTH TOURISM
HEALTH TOURISM
Turkey, which has been placed on top of the foreign patients’ health preferences, has an important position in health tourism. Turkey has been among the most preferred countries in the field of medical tourism for the past 10 years and 1 million 87 thousand patients from 144 countries were provided service in 2009.
Turkey is among the leading countries in the health sector for foreign patients with quality medical services, geographic location and affordable price range. The most important reason why hospitals in Turkey are preferred for treatment is that there are 2000 health institutions (public and private enterprises) equipped with the latest technology. 54 of these are JCI (Joint Commission International) approved hospitals. This is a 21% rate among 58 countries that has this accreditation worldwide.
JCI-approved and ISO certified hospitals in Turkey offer fully equipped treatment services with its advanced branch networks, 150,000 health professionals, 15,000 of whom are physicians.
Many hospitals have high quality services and world-class medical and technological equipment, as well as price advantages. Turkey is the first choice of patients from many countries when the geographical structure, seasonal characteristics, historical and cultural wealth that it offers are added.Turkey is the only country in the world that has both high quality standards and affordable prices.
Our hospitals accept our patients as guests, not as customers, and constantly improve themselves to provide the best service to their guests. There is a unit within the hospital that serves International Patients, and this unit deals with all foreign patients. The health problems of our patients are evaluated by our professor doctors who has international recognition. In order for our patients to receive comfortable service as long as they receive inpatient treatment, they stay on special floors and private rooms reserved for international patients. Our patients are provided with IPM (International Patient Center) interpreters in every field they may need such as registration, hospitalization, examination, laboratory, radiology from the moment they enter the hospital. Our guests are informed about all processes before, during and after treatment. Treatment plan, duration of treatment and cost of treatment are the same as in the letter of offer. Any procedure under the name of adjunctive therapy cannot be handled without approval of the patient himself, patient accompanist (if any) or patient advisor unless there is a negative improvement in the patient’s health conditions (if there is no life-threatening case).