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ArticlePloS one2016

Knowledge of Healthcare Coverage for Refugee Claimants: Results from a Survey of Health Service Providers in Montreal.

Mónica Ruiz-Casares, Janet Cleveland, Youssef Oulhote, Catherine Dunkley-Hickin, Cécile Rousseau

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Canadian immigrants' oral health and oral health care providers' cultural competence capacity.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2024
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  10. Oral healthcare experiences of humanitarian migrants in Montreal, Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019
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  11. Oral Health Status of Refugee Children in Montreal.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mónica Ruiz-CasaresDepartment of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Janet ClevelandSHERPA-Institut Universitaire, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Youssef OulhoteHarvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Catherine Dunkley-HickinCenter for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Cécile RousseauDepartment of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
McGill University · CACentre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal · CAJewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-130451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following changes to the Interim Federal Health (IFH) program in Canada in 2012, this study investigates health service providers' knowledge of the healthcare coverage for refugee claimants living in Quebec. An online questionnaire was completed by 1,772 staff and physicians from five hospitals and two primary care centres in Montreal. Low levels of knowledge and significant associations between knowledge and occupational group, age, and contact with refugees were documented. Social workers, respondents aged 40-49 years, and those who reported previous contact with refugee claimants seeking healthcare were significantly more likely to have 2 or more correct responses. Rapid and multiple changes to the complex IFH policy have generated a high level of confusion among healthcare providers. Simplification of the system and a knowledge transfer strategy aimed at improving healthcare delivery for IFH patients are urgently needed, proposing easy avenues to access rapidly updated information and emphasizing ethical and clinical issues.

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Health LiteracyHealth PersonnelInsurance CoveragePrimary Health CareRefugeesSurveys and QuestionnairesAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuebec

Identifiers

PMID26789844
PMCPMC4720478
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