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SynthesisBMC international health and human rights2019

Quality of health care for refugees - a systematic review.

Karolin Hahn, Jost Steinhäuser, Denise Wilfling, Katja Goetz

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in BMC international health and human rights, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022
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  6. The Health and Well-Being of Women and Girls Who Are Refugees: A Case for Action.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  7. Evaluating Primary Healthcare Quality from Migrants and Refugees' Viewpoint.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Karolin HahnInstitute of Family Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Luebeck, Germany.
Jost SteinhäuserInstitute of Family Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Luebeck, Germany.
Denise WilflingInstitute of Family Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Luebeck, Germany.
Katja GoetzInstitute of Family Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Luebeck, Germany. Katja.Goetz@uni-luebeck.de.ORCID 0000-0003-4034-3254

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this systematic review was to identify quality indicators (QI) developed for health care for refugees.

methodsWe conducted a systematic review of international QI databases such as the Agency for Health care Research and Quality in addition to a systematic search in PubMed, Cochrane library and Web of Science, using the terms "refugee" and "quality indicator", complemented by a search in reference lists and grey literature. All papers which included QIs for refugees, especially for health care were included. In a first step all existing QIs were screened for their relevance to refugees. In a second step, all health care QIs were extracted. In a final step, these health care QIs were classified into process, structure and outcome indicators.

resultsOf 474 papers, 23 were selected for a full-text review. Of these 23 publications, 6 contained 115 QIs for health and health care for refugees. The main health care topics identified were reproductive health, health care service and health status.

conclusionsMost indicators were indicators for outcome and structure quality, the smallest group were process indicators. Within the area of refugee health care, most QIs that have been found were QIs regarding reproductive health. QI databases do not yet include indicators specifically related to refugees.

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Quality Indicators, Health CareQuality of Health CareRefugeesDatabases, FactualHealth StatusHumansInternationalityReproductive HealthHealth careQuality indicatorsQuality of health careRefugeesReview

Identifiers

PMID31196192
PMCPMC6567514

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