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A cross-sectional investigation of the health needs of asylum seekers in a
refugee clinic in Germany
#MMPMID29769017
Goodman LF
; Jensen GW
; Galante JM
; Farmer DL
; Taché S
BMC Fam Pract
2018[May]; 19
(1
): 64
PMID29769017
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BACKGROUND: Over one million asylum seekers were registered in Germany in 2016,
most from Syria and Afghanistan. The Refugee Convention guarantees access to
healthcare, however delivery mechanisms remain heterogeneous. There is an urgent
need for more data describing the health conditions of asylum seekers to guide
best practices for healthcare delivery. In this study, we describe the state of
health of asylum seekers presenting to a multi-specialty primary care refugee
clinic. METHODS: Demographic and medical diagnosis data were extracted from the
electronic medical records of patients seen at the ambulatory refugee clinic in
Dresden, Germany between 15 September 2015 and 31 December 2016. Data were
de-identified and analyzed using Stata version 14.0. RESULTS:
Two-thousand-seven-hundred and fifty-three individual patients were seen in the
clinic. Of these, 2232 (81.1%) were insured by the state indicating arrival
within the last 3 months. The median age was 25, interquartile range 16-34. Only
786 (28.6%) were female, while 1967 (71.5%) were male. The most frequent
diagnoses were respiratory (17.4%), followed by miscellaneous symptoms and
otherwise not classified ailments (R series, 14.1%), infection (10.8%),
musculoskeletal or connective tissue (9.3%), gastrointestinal (6.8%), injury
(5.9%), and mental or behavioral (5.1%) categories. CONCLUSIONS: This study
illustrates the diverse medical conditions that affect the asylum seeker
population. Asylum seekers in our study group did not have a high burden of
communicable diseases, however several warranted additional screening and
treatment, including for tuberculosis and scabies. Respiratory illnesses were
more common amongst newly arrived refugees. Trauma-related mental health
disorders comprised half of mental health diagnoses.