A cross-sectional investigation of the health needs of asylum seekers in a refugee clinic in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over one million asylum seekers were registered in Germany in 2016, most from Syria and Afghanistan. The Refugee Convention guarantees access to healthcare, however delivery mechanisms remain heterogeneous. There is an urgent need for more data describing the health conditions of asylum seekers to guide best practices for healthcare delivery. In this study, we describe the state of health of asylum seekers presenting to a multi-specialty primary care refugee clinic.

Methods

Demographic and medical diagnosis data were extracted from the electronic medical records of patients seen at the ambulatory refugee clinic in Dresden, Germany between 15 September 2015 and 31 December 2016. Data were de-identified and analyzed using Stata version 14.0.

Results

Two-thous

SUBMITTER: Goodman LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956552 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature