Health and illness in migrants and refugees arriving in Europe: analysis of the electronic Personal Health Record system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The electronic Personal Health Record (ePHR) is a health information system that registers health data on newly arriving migrants and was implemented in eight European countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia). This is a cross-sectional study aimed to describe the health problems and health status of all migrants attended at health clinics as part of the health assessment programme established in the reception centres (2016-2019).

Methods

Data were collected on demographics, clinical and laboratory findings and diagnostics performed, including medical records. We classified all diseases using pre-specified algorithms according to information on pre-specified variables from the ePHR questionnaire, ICD-10 codes, positive labo

SUBMITTER: Zenner D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9635060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature