Outpatient admissions and hospital costs of Syrian refugees in a Turkish university hospital
| Autor: | Bernard Tahirbegolli, Esin Çetinkaya Sümer, Sabanur Çavdar, Sıdıka İpek Akdeniz, Suphi Vehid |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Hospital information system medicine.medical_specialty Syrian refugees Adolescent Turkey Turkish Research methodology Refugee lcsh:Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Brief Communication Hospitals University Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Patient Admission 0302 clinical medicine Outpatients Humans Medicine International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 030212 general & internal medicine Child Refugees business.industry lcsh:R General Medicine Middle Aged University hospital language.human_language Quartile Emergency medicine language Female business |
| Zdroj: | Saudi Medical Journal, Vol 37, Iss 7, Pp 809-812 (2016) Saudi Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1658-3175 0379-5284 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To examine the most frequent admitted polyclinics, diagnoses, and the costs of Syrian refugee patient in a Turkish university hospital in the metropolitan city of Istanbul, Western part of Turkey. Methods: Research methodology consist of analyzing outpatient admissions to the Hospital Polyclinics of Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey from January-June 2014. We carried out diagnosis groups as classified in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, and analyzed the hospital cost of first admission through records based in the hospital information system. Results: Median age of 251 Syrian refugee patients is 19 years, inter quartile rate 7-34 years. Patients aged 65 and older compared with those until 18 years and 19 to 64 years aged groups have made statistically significant ( p less than 0.001) less hospital admissions. The Most frequented clinic was the emergency clinic. On June there have been significantly ( p less than 0.001) more admissions compared with other months. The most common diagnoses were diseases of the respiratory system. The costs of per admission was estimated nearly 48 US Dollar/per patient and the total amount of hospital admissions was 12,031.93 US Dollar. Conclusion: On the specified dates, the clinics were mostly frequented from Syrian refugees until 18 years group. The most common presenting symptoms are respiratory diseases and most frequented clinic is emergency. Saudi Med J 2016; Vol. 37 (7): 809-812 doi: 10.15537/smj.2016.7.13839 How to cite this article: Tahirbegolli B, Cavdar S, Cetinkaya Sumer E, Akdeniz SI, Vehid S. Outpatient admissions and hospital costs of Syrian refugees in a Turkish university hospital. Saudi Med J . 2016 Jul;37(7):809-12. doi: 10.15537/smj.2016.7.13839. |
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