Turkey: Medical tourism profile

 

Overview

Inbound medical tourism 2019 400,000
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Tourists 2019 51.7 million
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Population 2021 85.0 million
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There are many private hospitals, private services of university hospitals, clinics and doctors working individually.



Inbound

Medical tourism numbers in

Competing Turkish organisations have never agreed on medical tourism numbers with some wild claims having been widely circulated of over a million, and even of 700,000 in hospitals and clinics.



Outbound

Medical tourism numbers out

A few hundred or low thousands. Officially there are no outbound medical tourists due to the excellence of care in Turkey, so getting real numbers is impossible.



Environment

Medical tourism promotion

The government helps promote medical tourism in a big way. A coordinator for foreign patients was appointed for each city to work in the city’s health directorate.

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Medical tourism news and opinion

  • Medical travel: why we should stop focusing on increased numbers

    Medical travel analyst Ian Youngman argues that medical tourism destinations need to stop concentrating on increased numbers. Mainstream tourism countries, including regions and cities in France, Italy, The Netherlands and Spain, are limiting the […]

  • South Korea: malpractice review poses risks for medical travel sector

    Health minister Cho Kyoo-hong is set to review measures to relieve the burden of medical professionals in South Korea, including possibly enacting a special law aimed at reducing the severity of punishment doctors face for medical negligence or […]

  • What exactly is Health Tourism?

    Can you, and should you, promote your offering as a ‘wellness’ service? From a marketing point of view, the critical issue is the expectations of the consumer and the provider’s ability to meet or exceed those expectations.  And there are […]