İlayda Güzel

Dr. İlayda Güzel serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy and Planning at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University's Faculty of Health Sciences, where she concurrently pursues her doctorate in Health Management. Her academic foundation includes dual master's degrees in Hospital and Healthcare Administration (Dokuz Eylül University) and Health Management (Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University), complemented by a bachelor's in Health Institutions Management from Ankara University. She actively contributes to curriculum development through courses like Health Sociology and Health Management Applications.

Her educational trajectory demonstrates progressive specialization:

• Bachelor's: Ankara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health Institutions Management (2009-2013)
• Master's: Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Social Sciences, Hospital and Healthcare Administration (2013-2017)
• Master's: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Institute of Health Sciences, Health Management (2017-2019)
• Doctorate: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Institute of Health Sciences, Health Management (2019-Present)

Dr. Güzel's research centers on quantitative health systems analysis, particularly employing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist Total Factor Productivity Index to evaluate hospital efficiency across Turkey and the European Union. Her work critically examines health policy reforms—including Obamacare's administrative implications—and investigates organizational behavior dynamics within healthcare settings. A growing segment of her scholarship addresses climate change's intersection with health policy, emphasizing local governance roles. This multidisciplinary approach bridges health economics, policy implementation, and environmental health determinants.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent methodological rigor in efficiency measurement, with expanding scope into pandemic-era healthcare impacts (notably COVID-19 effects on hospital productivity) and comparative Balkan health systems analysis (Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia). Her work demonstrates increasing international engagement through conference presentations at venues like The European Health Management Conference, while maintaining strong empirical grounding in Turkish healthcare contexts. The integration of operations research techniques with policy analysis represents her signature scholarly contribution.