Health Care for Refugees in Europe: A Scoping Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- How do refugees and asylum seekers use health care in high-income European countries, and what barriers do they face?
- How do refugees experience access to health care in high-income European countries?
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Results on Utilisation and Access Barriers
Authors | Publication Year | Country | Setting | Study Design |
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Bauhoff and Göpffarth [24] | 2018 | Germany | Cost analysis | Quantitative |
Bhatia and Wallace [8] | 2007 | UK | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Bhui et al. [15] | 2006 | UK | Inpatient psychiatric care | Quantitative |
Bianco et al. [31] | 2015 | Italy | Health care by NGOs | Quantitative |
Biddle et al. [32] | 2019 | Germany | Inpatient and outpatient care | Quantitative |
Bischoff et al. [40] | 2003 | Switzerland | Inpatient care | Quantitative |
Blöchliger et al. [50] | 1998 | Switzerland | Primary Care | Quantitative |
Boettcher et al. [18] | 2021 | Germany | Psychiatric care | Quantitative |
Borgschulte et al. [29] | 2018 | Germany | Primary care | Mixed-Method |
Bozorgmehr et al. [30] | 2015 | Germany | Primary Care | Quantitative |
Chiarenza et al. [4] | 2019 | European countries | Transit | Mixed-Method |
Cignacco et al. [28] | 2018 | Switzerland | Sexual and reproductive care | Mixed-Method |
Claassen & Jäger [26] | 2018 | Germany | Primary Care | Quantitative |
Fang et al. [12] | 2015 | UK | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Feldmann et al. [47] | 2007a | Netherlands | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Feldmann et al. [49] | 2007b | Netherlands | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Führer et al. [19] | 2020 | Germany | Psychiatric care | Quantitative |
Gerritsen et al. [34] | 2006 | Netherlands | Primary Care | Quantitative |
Hahn et al. [10] | 2020 | Germany | Inpatient and outpatient care | Qualitative |
Jäger et al. [27] | 2019 | Germany | Primary care | Quantitative |
Jensen et al. [46] | 2014 | Denmark | Inpatient psychiatric Care | Qualitative |
Kang et al. [13] | 2019 | UK | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Klingberg et al. [35] | 2020 | Switzerland | Emergency care | Quantitative |
Kohlenberger et al. [33] | 2019 | Austria | Inpatient and outpatient care | Quantitative |
Laban et al. [16] | 2007 | Netherlands | Primary care | Quantitative |
Lamkaddem et al. [38] | 2014 | Netherlands | Psychiatric Care | Quantitative |
Maier et al. [23] | 2010 | Switzerland | Cost analysis | Quantitative |
Mangrio et al. [43] | 2018 | Sweden | Inpatient and outpatient care | Mixed-Method |
Mårtensson et al. [44] | 2020 | Sweden | Health care information | Qualitative |
Melamed et al. [20] | 2019 | Switzerland | Psychiatric care | Qualitative |
Norredam et al. [7] | 2005 | EU countries | Comparative study | Quantitative |
O’Donnell [39] | 2007 | UK | Primary Care | Qualitative |
O’Donnell [48] | 2008 | UK | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Razavi et al. [45] | 2011 | Sweden | Long term health care | Qualitative |
Riza et al. [37] | 2020 | EU | Inpatient and outpatient care | Quantitative |
Schein et al. [42] | 2019 | Norway | Inpatient and outpatient care | Qualitative |
Schneider et al. [11] | 2015 | Germany | Inpatient and outpatient care | Quantitative |
Spura et al. [9] | 2017 | Germany | Inpatient and outpatient care | Qualitative |
Toar et al. [21] | 2009 | Ireland | Psychiatric care | Quantitative |
Van Loenen et al. [14] | 2017 | EU | Primary Care | Qualitative |
Wångdahl et al. [36] | 2018 | Sweden | Health literacy | Quantitative |
Wenner et al. [25] | 2020 | Germany | Inpatient and outpatient care | Quantitative |
Wetzke et al. [17] | 2018 | Germany | Primary Care | Quantitative |
Zander et al. [41] | 2013 | Sweden | Inpatient and outpatient care | Qualitative |
3.2. Lived Experiences of Asylum Seekers and Refugees Using Health Care in Host Countries
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Nowak AC, Namer Y, Hornberg C. Health Care for Refugees in Europe: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1278. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031278
Chicago/Turabian StyleNowak, Anna Christina, Yudit Namer, and Claudia Hornberg. 2022. "Health Care for Refugees in Europe: A Scoping Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3: 1278. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031278
APA StyleNowak, A. C., Namer, Y., & Hornberg, C. (2022). Health Care for Refugees in Europe: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1278. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031278