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- Title
EVDE SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ SUNUMUNDA BELEDİYELERİN ROLÜ: İSTANBUL BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESİ ÖRNEĞİ.
- Authors
CANDAN, Yakup; ASLAN, Yasemin
- Abstract
Population aging in the world, the increase in chronic diseases and health care costs, and the developments in medical technology have caused home health care services to come into prominence. It is known that local governments play an important role in the provision of home health care services in countries around the world. The aim of this study is to reveal the role of municipalities in the delivery home health care services and to make suggestions for the improvement of services. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the type of home health care services provided in one year in Kartal, Pendik, Maltepe, Sultanbeyli, and Sancaktepe districts affiliated to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Kartal Home Health Care Unit, which is one of the largest metropolitan cities in Turkey, sociodemographic characteristics of the patients served, the types of social assistance provided and the reasons for termination of service were evaluated. It was found that patients over 65 years old mostly benefited from home health care services and predominantly physician evaluation and nursing care services were provided. The findings of the study show that the municipality plays an important role both in health services and social assistancein the provision of home health care services.
- Publication
Omer Halisdemir Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 3, p615
- ISSN
2564-6931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25287/ohuiibf.1211217