Episodes of care in a primary care walk-in clinic at a refugee camp in Germany - a retrospective data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From 2015 to 2016 Germany faced an influx of 1.16 million asylum seekers. In the state of Hamburg Primary Care walk-in clinics (PCWC) were commissioned at refugee camps because the high number of residents (57,000 individuals) could not be provided with access to regular healthcare services. Our study aims were (1) to describe the utilization of a PCWC by camp residents, (2) to compare episodes of continuous care with shorter care episodes and (3) to analyse which diagnoses predict episodes of continuous care in this setting.

Methods

A retrospective longitudinal observational study was conducted by reviewing all anonymized electronic medical records of a PCWC that operated from 4th November 2015 to 22nd July 2016 at a refugee camp in Hamburg. Episodes of care (EOC

SUBMITTER: Oltrogge JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507675 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature