Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services  by Using Different Clustering Algorithms

Hasan YILDIRIM

doi:https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890

Makale detayları

Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms

Yazarlar:

Hasan YILDIRIM

Yayıncı:

Eskisehir Technical University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 2018 Vol.19 Issue 4, pp.907-925

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000417025

pISSN:

2667-4211

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890

Özet:

 

Having access to health care services is the most primary of the basic human rights. It is vital that all citizens in a country are able to get these services equally and homogeneously. Despite its importance, providing health services vary from both country to country and between different provinces or states in country. Similarly, it may cause severe disparities and negative effects between individuals in the society. The primary concern of this study is to determine whether there is any difference between Turkey provinces in terms of accessing health care services, or not. Several clustering algorithms including hierarchical clustering, k-means and partitioning around medoids (pam) were applied to the data set including 31 health indicators of all provinces in Turkey. After comparing these algorithms via using some measures for determining the number of clusters and cluster validity, the findings showed that there were four distinct and significant clusters based on k-means clustering algorithm. It seemed that these clustering results were in a a close reciprocal relationship with the economic development and geographical location of provinces. Clustering results were evaluated and interpreted according to these two important findings.

Makale detayları

Comparison of Provinces of Turkey In Terms of Accessing Health Care Services by Using Different Clustering Algorithms

Yazarlar: Hasan YILDIRIM

Yayıncı: Eskisehir Technical University

Ana Başlıklar: Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi: Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 2018 Vol.19 Issue 4, pp.907-925

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2018

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000417025

pISSN: 2667-4211

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hasan YILDIRIM

Yayıncı:

Eskisehir Technical University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 2018 Vol.19 Issue 4, pp.907-925

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000417025

pISSN:

2667-4211

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.413890