Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Utilization of outpatient services in refugee settlement health facilities: a comparison by age, gender, and refugee versus host national status. | Weiss et al. Conflict and Health 2011 5 19 http content 5 1 19 CONFLICT AND HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Utilization of outpatient services in refugee settlement health facilities a comparison by age gender and refugee versus host national status 1 1 1 3 3 William M Weiss Alexander Vu Hannah Tappis Sarah Meyer Christopher Haskew and Paul Spiegel Abstract Background Comparisons between refugees receiving health care in settlement-based facilities and persons living in host communities have found that refugees have better health outcomes. However data that compares utilization of health services between refugees and the host population and across refugee settlements countries and regions is limited. The paper will address this information gap. The analysis in this paper uses data from the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees UNHCR Health Information System HIS . Methods Data about settlement populations and the use of outpatient health services were exported from the UNHCR health information system database. Tableau Desktop was used to explore the data. STATA was used for data cleaning and statistical analysis. Differences in various indicators of the use of health services by region gender age groups and status host national vs. refugee population were analyzed for statistical significance using generalized estimating equation models that adjusted for correlated data within refugee settlements over time. Results Eighty-one refugee settlements were included in this study and an average population of million refugees was receiving outpatient health services between 2008 and 2009. The crude utilization rate among refugees is visits per person per year across all settlements. The refugee utilization rate in Asia was higher than in Africa on average . Among refugees females have a statistically significant higher utilization rate than males visits per person per year vs. . The proportion of new outpatient .
