The effect of chest film applied within the scope of check up on the transformation and development of health services

In this study, quality of health services and their transformation in Turkey were examined to find out the necessity of chest X-ray that is routinely used within check-ups as part of preventive healthcare services. In today's hybrid healthcare system in Turkey, routine chest X-rays are quite common in private health institutions, state hospitals and educational research universities. Novadays, as part of check-ups in private health institutions, it became almost a default practise to apply chest X-rays to all age groups. In this examination, chest image reports of all check-up patients performed in 2018 In Acıbadem Fulya Private Hospital were looked at and the data were classified according to age groups which then used to drive conclusion for the findings(minor, major. The total sample number of chest image reports for age groups 18-39, 40-64, 65 years and above in this examination was 2139. This study which also includes the analysis of the chest images aims to to contribute to the transformation and development of health services.