Comparison of secondary and tertiary level healthcare providers with respect to provided services

Healthcare speciality services are improving with the developing world and some specialities are divided into new speciality fields. These services are presented to the patients within different level of care of healthcare services. While healthcare services were provided by public authorities in past years, nowadays providing of specialty services became more complex after private hospitals started to present healthcare services. To provide precise and good quality of healthcare services is the primary duty of hospitals. The medical specialty services should be planned and provided with the most suitable level of healthcare services whenever the patients need. Planning is very important because of presenting precise healthcare service to be presented at the right time. In this study, specialty services given in secondary and tertiary level hospitals in Istanbul, London, Munich and Havana are analyzed and the hospitals serving in Istanbul is compared with the hospitals in London, Munich and Havana. The result of this study is, specialty healthcare services in secondary and tertiary level hospitals should be planned more accurate in Turkey. In this way, the patients would be able to reach to healthcare services in the correct level of care and the treatments would be faster and easier. In conclusion, it is identified that there is no significant difference neither in quality nor in quantity of healthcare services between secondary and tertiary level hospitals in Istanbul. It is determined that all healthcare services is provided in both levels, also the number of departments providing healthcare services in secondary level hospitals is same or more, when compared to tertiary level hospitals. However, it is identified that the number of departments providing healthcare services in secondary level hospitals in London, Munich and Havana is less than the tertiary level hospitals in those countries. Keywords: Speacialty services, medical branches, secondary level of care, tertiary level of care