The Use of Hospital and Emergency Department of Refugee Patients

The Use of Hospital Outpatient Clinics and Emergency Department by Refugee Patients in Turkey

After Middle Eastern crisis, millions people were forced to migrate to European countries and especially neighboring countries. In Turkey, cities which are closed to east of border, face to cope more refugees' health care than those of other cities. The incidence of admission of hospital outpatient clinics and emergency department by refugee patients is not known clearly in our city, Nevsehir. In this study, we wanted to investigate use of health care among these patients in Nevsehir in Turkey.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Refugees; Health Care; Outpatients; Emergency Departments
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Refugee patients

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 10000

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Nevsehir, Turkey
    • Nevsehir State Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Refugee patients are registered in the hospital system in a different way than that of others. We will use these datas as recorded refugees. And also, we will use the number of other visits to calculate the incidence of visits of refugees.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients who visited an outpatient clinic and emergency department.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who have missing records.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Retrospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The incidence of outpatient clinics and emergency department use by refugee patients	Hospital outpatient clinics and emergency department use by refugee patients in a secondary care hospital.	2014-2017

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Nevsehir Public Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): May 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 5, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): May 17, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 4, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 31, 2018
• Last Verified: August 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: Nevşehir

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No