Caregiver reasons for tertiary health-care seeking for children aged ≤12 years
| Autor: | Ediz Yildirim, Dilek Güldal, Seval Yaprak, Muhteber Colak, Yunus Emre Okudan, Ülkü Bulut, Ozden Gokdemir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry 030503 health policy & services University faculty Test (assessment) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Complaint medicine General pediatrics Outpatient clinic Health care seeking 030212 general & internal medicine Symptom onset Presentation (obstetrics) 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics International. 58:1037-1041 |
| ISSN: | 1328-8067 |
| Popis: | Background In Turkey, a mandatory referral system is not used. Caregivers, for their children, present directly to health-care providers at all levels. This allows patients to present directly to university hospitals. In this study, reasons for university hospital-treatment seeking by caregivers for child health problems is discussed. Methods This was a cross-sectional descriptive study at Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, of 235 caregivers whose children were admitted to the outpatient clinic of the General Pediatrics Department between 4 and 11 April 2013. They completed a questionnaire on demographic data and reasons for presentation to the university hospital. Mann–Whitney U-test was used to compare group means, and Pearson chi-squared test for ratios between groups. P |
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