The last five decades brought many changes in our lives as social, economic, and technologic developments. Accordingly, our lifestyles changed too. One of the aspects of this effect is people of all ages’ growing quest for health, wellness, quality time, popularity and professional succes.
Turkey, besides being one of the world’s ten most popular travel and holiday destinations, is also among a few countries in the world with its internationally reputed excellence in many fields of medical care. Turkish doctors’ fame, the quality of their hospitals, clinics, their fast availibility, staff and hospitality has crossed borders of the country.
Moreover, investments in medical facilities and general use of advanced technology, combined with very competitive prices (1/3-1/4 compared to European countries), make Turkey one of the countries the most trusted and valued in medical tourism.
Hospitals in turkey are equipped with modern facilities, advanced technology, and experienced staff to cater to the healthcare needs of the local people as well as medical tourists. The quality of healthcare is high in Turkey due to two main reasons. First, the standard of healthcare in both the public and private healthcare is directly monitored by the Turkish ministry of health. Further, various private organizations such as Turkish Accredited Hospitals Association (TAHA) are also responsible for maintaining globally recognized standards in the JCI approved Turkish hospitals. Another reason is its at-par facilities with the US and Europe is its high qualifies, trained and experienced medical staff.
The cost of treatment in Turkey depends upon a variety of factors. These factors include the choice of hospital, a particular city, the infrastructure of the hospital, disease to be diagnosed and treated, days of stay in hospital and other underlying medical condition which are diagnosed after being admitted in the hospital. Other important factors affecting cost are the experience of the doctors, the success rate in treating the disease, medications and consultation charges for follow-up visits.
