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Asylum-Seeking Children with Medical Complexity and Rare Diseases in a Tertiary Hospital in Switzerland
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2020.
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of asylum-seeking children with medical complexity visiting a tertiary care hospital in Switzerland, detailing their underlying medical conditions and management. Asylum-seeking patients with frequent visits between January 2016 and December 2017 were identified using administrative and electronic health records. Of 462 patients, 19 (4%) fulfilled the inclusion criteria with 811 (45%) visits. The age of the 19 patients ranged from 0 to 16.7 years (median of 7 years) with two main age groups identified: 12 years. Nine (47%) patients originated from Syria. A total of 34/811(4%) visits were hospital admissions, 66/811 (8%) emergency department visits and 320/811(39%) outpatient department visits. In children
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Asylum seeking
Refugee minors
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Tertiary Care Centers
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Rare Diseases
Age groups
030225 pediatrics
medicine
Genetics
Outpatient clinic
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Original Paper
Refugees
Syria
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Emergency department
Mental health
Integrated care
Europe
Migrant health
Family medicine
Chronic diseases
Child, Preschool
Orthopedic surgery
business
Switzerland
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571920 and 15571912
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....83a30209c58648a98c49343a00a567f8