Effects of introducing a walk-in clinic on ambulatory care sensitive hospitalisations among asylum seekers in Germany: a single-centre pre-post intervention study using medical records.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Measuring the effect of introducing a walk-in clinic on ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) hospitalisations among asylum seekers in a large state reception- and registration centre. DESIGN AND SETTING:Pre-post intervention study using anonymous account data from a university hospital functioning as referral facility for a state reception- and registration centre in the third largest German federal state. PARTICIPANTS:We included all asylum seekers residing in the reception centre and admitted to the referral hospital between 2015 to 2017. INTERVENTIONS:Establishment of an interdisciplinary walk-in clinic in the reception centre (02/2016). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:International lists for ACS conditions for both adults and children were adapted and used to calculate the prevalence of ACS

SUBMITTER: Lichtl C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924737 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature