Browsing by Author "Cakar, Mehmet"
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Budget impact of incorporating non-invasive prenatal testing in prenatal screening for Down syndrome in Turkey
Okem, Zeynep Guldem; Orgul, Gokcen; Kasnakoglu, Berna Tari; Cakar, Mehmet; Beksac, Mehmet Sinan (2019)Objectives: To provide information to the government about the budget impact of implementing non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) into prenatal screening strategies to detect Down syndrome (DS) in singleton pregnancies in ... -
Concerns of Pregnant Women in "Prenatal Screening/Diagnosis" Practice and Termination of Pregnancy
Kasnakoglu, Berna Tari; Cakar, Mehmet; Okem, Zeynep Guldem; Tanacan, Atakan; Fadiloglu, Erdem; Orgul, Gokcen; Beksac, Mehmet Sinan (2020)Objective To investigate the reasons for decision-making and concerns of patients in the field of prenatal screening, invasive prenatal diagnostic testing (IPDT), and termination of pregnancy (TOP). Study Design This ... -
Economic Analysis of Prenatal Screening Strategies for Down Syndrome in Singleton Pregnancies in Turkey
Okem, Zeynep Culdem; Orgul, Gokcen; Kasnakoglu, Berna Tari; Cakar, Mehmet; Beksac, M. Sinan (2017)Objectives: To examine the costs and outcomes of different screening strategies for Down Syndrome (DS) in singleton pregnancies. Study design: A decision-analytic model was developed to compare the costs and the outcomes ... -
The Effect of Cultural Distance on Medical Tourism
Esiyok, Bulent; Cakar, Mehmet; Kurtulmusoglu, Feride Bahar (2017)This study analyses the relationships between the origin countries of international patients and their cultural distance from the destination country in the context of medical tourism. A novel panel dataset is used, covering ... -
The Effect of Different Information Sources on The Anxiety Level of Pregnant Women Who Underwent Invasive Prenatal Testing
Cakar, Mehmet; Kasnakoglu, Berna Tari; Okem, Zeynep Guldem; Okuducu, Ummuhan; Beksac, M. Sinan (2016)Objective: The goal is to explore the effects of age, education, obstetric history and information sources on the (Beck) anxiety levels of pregnant women attending invasive prenatal testing.Methods: Questionnaire results ... -
Seemingly Embedded But Obviously Exploitative Relations: Organizational Contingencies of Mutual Dependence, Power Imbalance and Embedded Relations
Ozen, Sukru; Uysal, Ozgur Ozmen; Cakar, Mehmet (2016)We examine effects of mutual dependence and power imbalance on embedded relations between organizations in an industrial district setting. Employing qualitative methodology, we conducted an exploratory research on ... -
Understanding women's provider choice for induced abortion in Turkey
Pekkurnaz, Didem; Cakar, Mehmet (2021)In Turkey, women gained free access to induced abortion from public facilities through the legalization of abortion in 1983. However, due to unmet need and abortion stigma, women use predominantly private services. The ... -
What Have Health Care Reforms Achieved in Turkey? An Appraisal of the "Health Transformation Programme"
Okem, Zeynep Guldem; Cakar, Mehmet (2015)Poor health status indicators, low quality care, inequity in the access to health services and inefficiency due to fragmented health financing and provision have long been problems in Turkey's health system. To address ...