Reasons for referral and referral compliance among Congolese and Burundian refugees living in Tanzania: a community-based, cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In order to prevent overburdening of higher levels of care, national healthcare systems rely on processes of referral, including for refugee populations which number 26 million globally. The goal of this study is to use data from a population-based household survey to describe patterns of referral services among a population of Congolese and Burundian refugees living in Tanzania.

Design

Cross-sectional survey using cluster randomised sampling.

Setting

Nyarugusu refugee camp, Kigoma, Tanzania.

Participants

153 refugees.

Primary outcome

Referral compliance.

Secondary outcomes

Proportion of referrals that were surgical; proportion of referrals requiring diagnostic imaging.

Results

Out of 153 individuals who had been told they needed

SUBMITTER: Enumah ZO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9535181 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature