Objective: After the war in Syria, it is planned to investigate the refugee children’s (from diffrent counties coming to Turkey), emergency service admission features and evaluating outpatient and inpatient costs.
Material and Methods: Demographic, clinical characteristics and treatment costs of asylum seekers who applied to our pediatric emergency department from March 2011 to March 2016, the period of the civil war in Syria, were examined retrospectively.
Results: During the study period, 7551 (1.3%) of the 569.540 applications for emergency services were asylum seekers and the total number of patients was 1740. Of the 1740 patients who received one of the recurrent referrals; 975 were Syrian (56.0%), 474 were Iraqi (24.4%) and 341 were Afghan (19.6%). 1005 of the cases were male and the mean age was 59.16 ± 59.27 months (0- 17year 1 month). The most frequent admission reasons were respiratory system complaints (50.2%), gastrointestinal system complaints (34.7%) and fever (31.6%). 129 of the patients had an underlying disease (7.4%). At least one test was done in all cases. 60.7% of the patients were diagnosed with infection-related disease. These were URTI, AGE, tonsillitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and otitis respectively. In other cases, consultation was requested in 255 cases (14.7%). 182 (10.1%) of the patients were followed up with emergency observation. Mean
observation time was 21.3±17.4 hours (1-94 hours). The average outpatient clinic cost was 83.19 TL and the emergency hospital cost was 1288.89 TL for one patient.
Conclusion: It was seen that the most frequent cause of emergency admission in asylum seekers was infection related diseases. Bad living conditions and nutritional deficiencies can be the reason. This explains the recurrent emergency department visits. It has been determined that interpreters are required to deal with patients, that the examination time is longer than the other patients and that increase the costs associated with these patients
Amaç: Suriye’deki savaş sonrasında Türkiye’ye farklı ülkelerden gelen sığınmacı çocukların acil servise başvuru özelliklerini, hastaların ayaktan ve yatarak tedavi maliyetlerinin araştırılması planlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Suriye’de iç savaşın başladığı dönem olan Mart 2011 tarihinden Mart 2016 tarihine kadar çocuk acil servisimize başvurmuş olan sığınmacı çocukların demografik, klinik özellikleri ve tedavi maliyetleri geriye dönük olarak incelenmiştir.
Bulgular: Çalışma süresince acil servise yapılan 569.540 başvurunun 7551’i (% 1.3) sığınmacı olup toplam hasta sayısı 1740’dı. Bu hastaların 975’i Suriyeli (% 56.0), 474’ü Iraklı (% 24.4) ve 341’i Afganistanlı (%19.6) olduğu tespit edildi. Hastaların 1005’i erkek olup ortalama yaş 59.16± 59.27 ay (0- 18 yaş 1 ay) olarak saptandı. En sık başvuru nedenleri solunum sistemi yakınmaları (%50.2), gastrointestinal sistem yakınmaları (%34.7) ve ateş (%31.6)’di. Hastaların 129’unda (%7.4) altta yatan bir hastalık mevcuttu. Hastaların hepsinden en az bir tetkik yapılmıştı. Hastaların % 60.7’si enfeksiyon ilişkili hastalık tanısı aldı. Bunları da sırasıyla ÜSYE, AGE, tonsilit, bronşiolit, pnömoni ve otit oluşturmaktaydı. Hastaların 255’inde (%14.7) başka bölümlerden konsültasyon istenmişti. Hastaların 182’si (% 10.1) acil gözleme yatırılarak izlenmişti, ortalama gözlem süresi 21.3 ± 17.4 saat (1-94 saat)’di. Bir hasta için acil poliklinik maliyetinin ortalama 83.19 TL, acil servis yatış maliyetinin ortalama 1288.89 TL olduğu belirlendi.
Sonuç: Sığınmacı hastalarda en sık acil başvuru nedeninin enfeksiyon ilişkili hastalıklar olduğu görüldü. Kötü yaşam koşulları ve beslenme yetersizlikleri bunun nedeni olabilir. Bu durum hastaların tekrarlayan acil servis başvurularının neden olduğunu açıklamaktadır. Bu hastalarla anlaşmak için tercüman gerektiği, muayene için ayrılan sürenin diğer hastalara göre daha fazla olduğu ve bunlara bağlı maliyetin arttığı saptanmıştır.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Internal Diseases |
Journal Section | ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
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Publication Date | December 23, 2019 |
Submission Date | April 12, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 13 Issue: 6 |
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