シリアからヨルダンへ入院したパレスチナ難民の罹患パターン:人口ベースの研究
Akiko Kitamura1, Gloria Paolucci2, Ishtaiwi Abu-Zayed3
1Department of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Headquarters Amman, Amman, Jordan; Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 6, 2021
まとめ
ヨルダンのシリア (PRS) のパレスチナ難民は,UNRWAの入院支援を利用し,女性は出産のケアを求め,男性は循環器,消化器,運動器のケアを求めました. 男性のPRSは 医療費と入院期間を大幅に増加させました
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 医療サービス研究
- 中東研究
背景:
- シリアからのパレスチナ難民は,深刻な健康問題に直面し,人道的支援を必要としています.
- 2018年までにヨルダンに居住していたPRSは1万7千人以上で,UNRWAが提供する医療サービスにアクセスしました.
- この研究は,ヨルダンでUNRWAが支援する病院のケアを受けているPRSの罹患パターンを調査しています.
研究 の 目的:
- シリア (PRS) からヨルダンへの入院支援を受けたパレスチナ難民の病気のパターンを調査する.
- 男性と女性のPRS患者の医療利用と関連コストの違いを特定する.
主な方法:
- UNRWAの入院データデータベース (2012年5月 - 2017年12月) の横断分析.
- 889人のPRS患者を含め,人口統計,医療特性,および財務情報に関するデータ.
- 病変率のパターンと医療費を分析するために記述的統計が使用されました.
主要な成果:
- 女性はPRS患者の72%を占め,主に妊娠,出産,産後期のケアを求めていました.
- 男性の最も一般的な診断には,循環器,消化器,運動器系疾患が含まれています.
- 病院での入院費用は女性 (326.0ドル) と比べて男性 (729.7ドル) で大幅に高かった.
結論:
- 主に産科の理由で,女性はUNRWAの入院サービスをより頻繁に利用しました.
- 男性のPRS患者は,より長い入院期間と,かなり高い費用を伴う症状を経験しました.
- この結果は,PRSの間で特定の医療サービスへの需要を強調し,UNRWAの将来の公衆衛生の取り組みを参考にしています.
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