Evaluation of Health Care Services Delivered to Syrian Refugees in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital Between 2013-2016

Year 2019, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 46 - 51, 20.03.2019

Ali Güngör , Alkım Öden Akman , Cüneyt Karagöl , Mücahit Koçoğlu Bahar Çuhacı Çakır , İlker Çetin , Halil İbrahim Yakut

https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.519125

Abstract

Aim: Millions of Syrian had to abandon
their country due to the civil war and took refuge in neighboring countries.
This refugee crisis is affecting the countries that accept immigrants in terms
of health care service, economical, political and social issues. We aim to evaluate, density of the
Syrian refugees in outpatient and emergency services, inpatient services,
specific interventions, and investigations ordered between 2013 and 2016.

Material and Method: We tried to determine density of
Syrian refugees among the patients who presented to the emergency department
and outpatient clinics and the patients hospitalized in our hospital between
2013 and 2016. It was tried to determine the density of Syrian patients among
the interventional procedures and specific investigations ordered in the
pediatric sub-branches.

Results: Approximately 13,538 Syrian
refugees presented to our hospital for examination, investigations and
treatment between 2013 and 2016. The number of Syrian refugees who presented to
our hospital increased to 8,540 in 2016 from 265 in 2013. The rate of Syrian refugees
involved in the hospital invoice raised to 6.63% in 2016 from 1.05% in 2013.

Conclusions: The crisis in Syria affects
neighboring countries in many issues. Countries like Turkey which accept a
large number of refugees should rearrange their health policies considering
refugees. Further multicenter studies are needed to determine the impact of
this immigration on health care system.

Keywords

refugee, child, health care service

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