INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT IN THE HEALTH SECTOR AND A RESEARCH ON THE HOSPITALS IN EUROPEAN SIDE OF ISTANBUL

Abstract

Sustainability is a recent increasing importance term, and it is seen an important topic for both public and private sectors in their operations. Within the globalizing economy, the health sector is one of the most important sectors that have taken human life as a focus. The survey examined whether the governance processes of private and public-sector hospitals in European Side of Istanbul are in line with sustainable policies, and if so, what kind of policies they take. In order to be able to conduct the examination, data were collected from the hospitals through the sustainability questionnaire and statistically analyzed in the obtained computer environment.
The findings show that the sustainable environmental policy implementations of hospitals are not at the desired level. Sustainable social policies are also at a high level of implementation. The research showed that; it is necessary to increase the awareness level of hospital administrations on sustainability. At the same time, working in coordination with the health ministry requires the creation and implementation of common environmental and social policies.