The Use of Hospital and Emergency Department of Refugee Patients

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03528239

Enrollment

10000

Registered

2018-05-17

Start date

2014-01-01

Completion date

2018-05-31

Last updated

2018-09-04

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Conditions

Emergency Departments, Health Care, Outpatients, Refugees

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

OTHERRefugee patients

To investigate characteristics of outpatient visits of refugee patients

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients who visited an outpatient clinic and emergency department.

Exclusion criteria

Patients who have missing records.

Design outcomes

Primary

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

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026