Use of emergency primary care among pregnant undocumented migrants over ten years: an observational study from Oslo, Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare consultations with pregnant undocumented migrants at emergency primary health care to consultations with pregnant residents of Norway.

Design

A cross-sectional study of consultations at several time points.

Setting

The study was conducted at the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic (OAEOC), the main emergency primary care service in Oslo, Norway.

Subjects

Consultations with pregnant patients without a Norwegian identity number seeking care at the Department of Emergency General Practice at the OAEOC were identified through a manual search of registration lists from 2009 to 2019. The consultations were categorized by women's residency status as 'probably documented migrant', 'uncertain migrant status', or 'probably undocumented migr

SUBMITTER: Eick F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478594 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature