EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, cilt.11, sa.10, ss.1-19, 2015 (Hakemli Dergi)
Reproduction and resuming the generation is one of the most
important and basic instincts of all creatures. One of the biggest hurdles for
the implementation of this instinct is infertility. The aim of this research is to
determine the factors and the sources of information which are influential for
women choosing IVF treatment in private hospitals, and to investigate the
relationship between socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the
patients with these two variables. Main sample of the study is on 184 women
who have received IVF treatment. Snowball sampling method was used as a
sampling method. For women who have undergone IVF treatment the four
most important factors that influence their choice of private hospitals,
respectively; are hospital expertise in the field, the opportunity to be able to
continue with the same physician during the treatment period, to be
compelled and pregnancy success rates of the hospital. Four most important
sources of information which are effective in applying to a hospital from the
perspective of the patient, respectively; patients who had been treated in the
hospital before, information offered to patients by the hospital, radio ads and
a relative who works in a hospital.