来自叙利亚的巴勒斯坦难民在约旦住院的病情模式:基于人口的研究
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
概括
来自叙利亚的巴勒斯坦难民 (PRS) 在约旦利用了UNRWA的住院支持,女性寻求分娩护理,男性寻求循环,消化和肌肉骨问题. 男性PRS的医疗费用显著增加,住院时间更长.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生
- 医疗服务研究
- 中东研究
背景情况:
- 来自叙利亚的巴勒斯坦难民面临重大健康挑战,需要人道主义援助.
- 截至2018年,约旦有超过17,000名PRS居民获得了UNRWA提供的医疗服务.
- 这项研究考察了在约旦获得UNRWA支持的医院护理的PRS患者的发病率.
研究的目的:
- 调查来自叙利亚的巴勒斯坦难民 (PRS) 在约旦的病态状况,他们得到了UNRWA的住院支持.
- 确定男性和女性PRS患者在医疗保健利用和相关成本方面的差异.
主要方法:
- 联合国难民署住院数据库数据的横截面分析 (2012年5月至2017年12月).
- 包括889名PRS患者,包括人口统计数据,医疗特征和财务信息.
- 用描述性统计来分析病率模式和医疗保健成本.
主要成果:
- 妇女占PRS患者的72%,主要寻求怀孕,分娩和产后护理.
- 最常见的男性诊断包括循环,消化和肌肉骨系统的疾病.
- 与女性相比,男性的住院费用 (729.7美元) 显著增加 (326.0美元).
结论:
- 妇女使用UNRWA住院服务更频繁,主要是出于产科原因.
- 男性PRS患者的病情导致住院时间更长,费用更高.
- 这些发现突显了PRS对特定医疗服务的需求,并为UNRWA未来的公共卫生工作提供了信息.
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