Comparison of the usage habits of healthcare systems of the imigrants and local residents
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2019Author
Payza, Umut
Karakaya, Zeynep
Topal, Fatih Esad
Bilgin, Serkan
Ermete, Ecem
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Turkey is one of the most popular immigration countries because of the wars that are ongoing in its
southern border and its location on access routes to Europe. Migrations continue because of wars and
political turmoil. The increasing number of migrants requires revising the public healthcare planning. In
our study, we compared the behaviors of immigrants and local people. We examined to which extent
immigrants used the clinics of our hospital. We interpreted the adequacy of the current healthcare system
for migrants. We analyzed the hospital admissions of migrants and local residents who applied to our
hospital between January 2014 and December 2018 in retrospective fashion. We determined the rates of
referral to clinics. We determined that the highest referral rates of the migrants were made to emergency
services, gynecology and obstetrics. We observed that the birth rates increased in migrants in the following
period. However, despite the traumas, immigrants did not use psychiatric units. The existing healthcare
and social policies must be revised by considering especially the needs of immigrants and their use of
healthcare systems. We believe that primary healthcare services must be delivered equally to all
individuals to reduce the intensity of emergency services, gynecology and obstetrics departments, and
pediatric services. We also believe that the trauma that iscaused by immigration must not be
underestimated.
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