Consultations by Asylum Seekers: Recent Trends in the Emergency Department of a Swiss University Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large-scale war-related migration to Switzerland and other European countries is currently challenging European health systems. Little is known about recent patterns and trends in Emergency Department (ED) consultations by Asylum Seekers (AS).

Methods

A retrospective single-centre analysis was performed of the data from all adult patients with the official status of "Asylum Seeker" or "Refugee" who consulted the ED of Bern University Hospital, Switzerland, between June 2012 and June 2015. Patient characteristics and clinical information, such as triage category, type of referral and discharge, violence-related injury and diagnostic group on discharge, were extracted from the computerised database or determined from the medical reports. Changes in categorical varia

SUBMITTER: Muller M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4871557 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature