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Papers by Mustafa Narci

CTC 2021 PROCEEDINGS BOOK, 2021

Health communication can be considered in terms of different groups such as communication of heal... more Health communication can be considered in terms of different groups such as communication of healthcare professionals with each other, patient-healthcare worker communication, patient-patient communication and patient relatives communication with each other. Communication is the primary tool in ensuring health literacy and disseminating effective health information to the wider audience. Effective health communication raises awareness about health problems, risks and solutions; influences and strengthens individuals' attitudes. All mass media are used within the scope of health education to develop and adopt healthy living habits in society in order to improve health. The dizzying developments and changes in communication technologies have diversified and enriched the ways to obtain more information and support about health problems. The transition from monologue to dialogue in the internet field has caused the transformation from one-way information transmission to dynamic, mul...

Sağlık iletişimi sosyolojik açıdan ele alındığında sağlık çalışanlarının birbirleriyle iletişimi,... more Sağlık iletişimi sosyolojik açıdan ele alındığında sağlık çalışanlarının birbirleriyle iletişimi, hasta-sağlık çalışanı iletişimi, hasta-hasta iletişimi ve hasta yakınlarının birbirleriyle iletişimi gibi farklı gruplar açısından ele alınabilir. Sağlık okur-yazarlığının sağlanmasında ve etkili sağlık enformasyonunun geniş kitlelere iletilmesinde birincil araç iletişimdir. Etkili sağlık iletişimi, sağlık sorunları, riskleri, çözümleri konusunda farkındalığı artırır; bireylerin tutumlarını etkiler ve güçlendirir. Sağlığın geliştirilmesi amacıyla, toplumda sağlıklı yaşam alışkanlıklarının oluşturulması, benimsenmesi konusunda tüm kitle iletişim araçları sağlık eğitimi kapsamında kullanılır. İletişim teknolojilerindeki baş döndürücü gelişmeler/değişimler, toplumun sağlık sorunları ile ilgili daha fazla bilgi ve destek edinme yollarını çeşitlendirmiş, zenginleştirmiştir. İnternet alanında monologtan diyaloğa geçiş, tek yönlü enformasyon iletiminden dinamik, çok yönlü etkileşimli ve tartış...

Health Care Management Science, 2014

The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in T... more The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in Turkey are enhancing efficiency and increasing competition. However, there is a lack of information about the relationship between competition and hospital efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of competition on technical efficiency for the hospital industry in Turkey. The target population included all public and private general hospitals that were open in 2010 in Turkey (n = 1,224). From these, 1,103 hospitals met the selection criteria and were included in the study. Data were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute, the Ministry of Health, and through a field survey. Technical efficiency of hospitals was estimated using Data Envelopment Analysis with five outputs and five inputs. The intensity of competition among hospitals was measured by objective and subjective measures. Objective competition was measured using the Hirschman-Herfindahl Index, and subjective competition was measured based on the perceptions of top level hospital managers. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to investigate the relationship between competition and efficiency while controlling the effects of demand and supply characteristics of the market and the hospital traits. Efficiency results showed that 17 % of hospitals were technically efficient. Regression analyses portrayed that the degree of competition among general hospitals did not have a statistically significant relationship with hospitals' technical efficiency. To conclude, hospital efficiency in Turkey does not seem to be affected by the intensity of competition among hospitals.

Health Care Management Science, 2014

The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in T... more The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in Turkey are enhancing efficiency and increasing competition. However, there is a lack of information about the relationship between competition and hospital efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of competition on technical efficiency for the hospital industry in Turkey. The target population included all public and private general hospitals that were open in 2010 in Turkey (n = 1,224). From these, 1,103 hospitals met the selection criteria and were included in the study. Data were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute, the Ministry of Health, and through a field survey. Technical efficiency of hospitals was estimated using Data Envelopment Analysis with five outputs and five inputs. The intensity of competition among hospitals was measured by objective and subjective measures. Objective competition was measured using the Hirschman-Herfindahl Index, and subjective competition was measured based on the perceptions of top level hospital managers. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to investigate the relationship between competition and efficiency while controlling the effects of demand and supply characteristics of the market and the hospital traits. Efficiency results showed that 17 % of hospitals were technically efficient. Regression analyses portrayed that the degree of competition among general hospitals did not have a statistically significant relationship with hospitals' technical efficiency. To conclude, hospital efficiency in Turkey does not seem to be affected by the intensity of competition among hospitals.

CTC 2021 PROCEEDINGS BOOK, 2021

Health communication can be considered in terms of different groups such as communication of heal... more Health communication can be considered in terms of different groups such as communication of healthcare professionals with each other, patient-healthcare worker communication, patient-patient communication and patient relatives communication with each other. Communication is the primary tool in ensuring health literacy and disseminating effective health information to the wider audience. Effective health communication raises awareness about health problems, risks and solutions; influences and strengthens individuals' attitudes. All mass media are used within the scope of health education to develop and adopt healthy living habits in society in order to improve health. The dizzying developments and changes in communication technologies have diversified and enriched the ways to obtain more information and support about health problems. The transition from monologue to dialogue in the internet field has caused the transformation from one-way information transmission to dynamic, mul...

Sağlık iletişimi sosyolojik açıdan ele alındığında sağlık çalışanlarının birbirleriyle iletişimi,... more Sağlık iletişimi sosyolojik açıdan ele alındığında sağlık çalışanlarının birbirleriyle iletişimi, hasta-sağlık çalışanı iletişimi, hasta-hasta iletişimi ve hasta yakınlarının birbirleriyle iletişimi gibi farklı gruplar açısından ele alınabilir. Sağlık okur-yazarlığının sağlanmasında ve etkili sağlık enformasyonunun geniş kitlelere iletilmesinde birincil araç iletişimdir. Etkili sağlık iletişimi, sağlık sorunları, riskleri, çözümleri konusunda farkındalığı artırır; bireylerin tutumlarını etkiler ve güçlendirir. Sağlığın geliştirilmesi amacıyla, toplumda sağlıklı yaşam alışkanlıklarının oluşturulması, benimsenmesi konusunda tüm kitle iletişim araçları sağlık eğitimi kapsamında kullanılır. İletişim teknolojilerindeki baş döndürücü gelişmeler/değişimler, toplumun sağlık sorunları ile ilgili daha fazla bilgi ve destek edinme yollarını çeşitlendirmiş, zenginleştirmiştir. İnternet alanında monologtan diyaloğa geçiş, tek yönlü enformasyon iletiminden dinamik, çok yönlü etkileşimli ve tartış...

Health Care Management Science, 2014

The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in T... more The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in Turkey are enhancing efficiency and increasing competition. However, there is a lack of information about the relationship between competition and hospital efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of competition on technical efficiency for the hospital industry in Turkey. The target population included all public and private general hospitals that were open in 2010 in Turkey (n = 1,224). From these, 1,103 hospitals met the selection criteria and were included in the study. Data were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute, the Ministry of Health, and through a field survey. Technical efficiency of hospitals was estimated using Data Envelopment Analysis with five outputs and five inputs. The intensity of competition among hospitals was measured by objective and subjective measures. Objective competition was measured using the Hirschman-Herfindahl Index, and subjective competition was measured based on the perceptions of top level hospital managers. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to investigate the relationship between competition and efficiency while controlling the effects of demand and supply characteristics of the market and the hospital traits. Efficiency results showed that 17 % of hospitals were technically efficient. Regression analyses portrayed that the degree of competition among general hospitals did not have a statistically significant relationship with hospitals' technical efficiency. To conclude, hospital efficiency in Turkey does not seem to be affected by the intensity of competition among hospitals.

Health Care Management Science, 2014

The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in T... more The two particular reforms that have been undertaken under the Health Transformation Program in Turkey are enhancing efficiency and increasing competition. However, there is a lack of information about the relationship between competition and hospital efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of competition on technical efficiency for the hospital industry in Turkey. The target population included all public and private general hospitals that were open in 2010 in Turkey (n = 1,224). From these, 1,103 hospitals met the selection criteria and were included in the study. Data were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute, the Ministry of Health, and through a field survey. Technical efficiency of hospitals was estimated using Data Envelopment Analysis with five outputs and five inputs. The intensity of competition among hospitals was measured by objective and subjective measures. Objective competition was measured using the Hirschman-Herfindahl Index, and subjective competition was measured based on the perceptions of top level hospital managers. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to investigate the relationship between competition and efficiency while controlling the effects of demand and supply characteristics of the market and the hospital traits. Efficiency results showed that 17 % of hospitals were technically efficient. Regression analyses portrayed that the degree of competition among general hospitals did not have a statistically significant relationship with hospitals' technical efficiency. To conclude, hospital efficiency in Turkey does not seem to be affected by the intensity of competition among hospitals.