{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(10)"],"submitter":["Enumah ZO"],"funding":["Association for Academic Surgery Foundation"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional survey using cluster randomised sampling.<h4>Setting</h4>Nyarugusu refugee camp, Kigoma, Tanzania.<h4>Participants</h4>153 refugees.<h4>Primary outcome</h4>Referral compliance.<h4>Secondary outcomes</h4>Proportion of referrals that were surgical; proportion of referrals requiring diagnostic imaging.<h4>Results</h4>Out of 153 individuals who had been told they needed"],"journal":["BMJ open"],"pagination":["e058778"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9535181"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Reasons for referral and referral compliance among Congolese and Burundian refugees living in Tanzania: a community-based, cross-sectional survey."],"pmcid":["PMC9535181"],"pubmed_authors":["Juma O","Sakran JV","Manyama F","Rafiq MY","Ngude H","Enumah ZO","Stevens K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Reasons for referral and referral compliance among Congolese and Burundian refugees living in Tanzania: a community-based, cross-sectional survey.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional survey using cluster randomised sampling.<h4>Setting</h4>Nyarugusu refugee camp, Kigoma, Tanzania.<h4>Participants</h4>153 refugees.<h4>Primary outcome</h4>Referral compliance.<h4>Secondary outcomes</h4>Proportion of referrals that were surgical; proportion of referrals requiring diagnostic imaging.<h4>Results</h4>Out of 153 individuals who had been told they needed","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-19T17:37:29.043Z","creation":"2025-02-19T00:27:51.223Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9535181","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36192098"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058778"]}}