ArticleThe European journal of general practice2025
Healthcare service utilisation of elderly Ukrainian refugees in Israel: A retrospective cohort study.
Article in The European journal of general practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe war in Ukraine led to a flood of refugees consisting mainly of women, children and elderly.
objectivesThis study aimed to explore healthcare use by elderly Ukrainian refugees.
methodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we examined patterns of healthcare services used by elderly Ukrainian refugees in Israel between 30 July 2022 and 1 May 2023 (
resultsThe Ukrainian refugee cohort was predominantly female (77.4%) with a mean age of 71.4 ± 7.1 years. Compared to their controls, the refugees were much less likely to participate in face-to-face, digital and video doctor visits (IRR = 0.838, 0.457 and 0.329, respectively;
conclusionsIn a healthcare system with full coverage, Ukrainian refugees were less likely to utilise healthcare services. These findings suggest that refugees may face significant barriers to access and may be underutilising needed care. Healthcare systems should adopt proactive and culturally responsive approaches to address these disparities and ensure equitable access. This study highlights the need for targeted interventions and further research to better understand and reduce healthcare barriers among refugee populations.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.