Medical tourism can be briefly defined as traveling to another country to have access to medical and healthcare services or healthy life services. Medical tourism is an umbrella term used for various services. Briefly, types of health or medical tourism are as follows;
- Medical Tourism,
- Thermal Tourism,
- Elderly and Disabled Tourism,
- Medical Tourism Statistics
Medical Tourism Statistics
Turkey is one of the favorite medical tourism destinations due to various characteristics. When the statistics of medical tourism with a strong demand, contribution of the medical tourism to national economy can be easily understood. Years 2020 and 2021 were challenging for all sectors due to COVID-19 pandemic. Negative effects of this virus are also amply felt in the medical tourism. Therefore, it would be better to focus on the Year 2019 data.
Approximately 663 thousand people visited Turkey to get healthcare service in 2019. In 2020, 390 thousand patients preferred Turkey to receive healthcare services in spite of all global restrictions and lockdowns.
Commonly Preferred Branches in Turkey
Many cities are preferred for health tourism, mainly Istanbul, Antalya, Erzurum, Izmir and Van. Moreover, the mostly preferred branches are gynecology, internal medicine, orthopedics and traumatology, cardiology, ophthalmology, general surgery, medical oncology, pulmonary medicine and otorhinolaryngology.
Why Is Turkey Preferred for Health Tourism?
Turkey is one of the mostly preferred countries in health tourism thanks to its strengths in this field. Generally, the reasons why Turkey is preferred are as follows;
- Various opportunities for alternative tourism,
- Qualified human sources,
- High and cutting-edge technology,
- Relatively affordable but quality healthcare service,
- Great experience gained in this field for many years,
- Being one of the pioneering countries in healthcare sector,
- Great support and control by the government.
Why is Gintaş Health Preferred?
Gintaş Health guides, based on its knowledge and experience in medical tourism, the people who want to receive healthcare services. Creating a difference through its expert staff, Gintaş Health is the only address for patients, who are happy and got healthy again. The organization required for people, who want to access to the services, is performed flawlessly. Such organizations are arranged according to needs and expectations; patients are never left alone thanks to physicians, nurses, caregivers and patient consultants.