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Use of health services among international migrant children – a systematic review

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Title
Use of health services among international migrant children – a systematic review
Published in
Globalization and Health, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12992-018-0370-9
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Niina Markkula, Baltica Cabieses, Venla Lehti, Eleonora Uphoff, Sofia Astorga, Francisca Stutzin

Abstract

Migrant children have specific health needs, and may face difficulties in accessing health care, but not enough is known about their health service use. This study aims to describe patterns of use of health services of international migrant children and differences to respective native populations. Electronic databases PubMed and Web of Science, references of identified publications, and websites of relevant international agencies were searched. We included observational studies published between 2006 and 2016 that reported use of formal health services by migrant children (0-18 years), including first and second generation migrants. Data on study characteristics, study theme, main outcome and study quality were extracted. One hundred seven full texts were included in the review. Of the studies that reported comparable outcomes, half (50%) indicated less use of healthcare by migrants compared with non-migrants; 25% reported no difference, 18% reported greater use, and 7% did not report this outcome. There was variation by theme, so that the proportion of conclusions "less use" was most common in the categories "general access to care", "primary care" and "oral health", whereas in the use of emergency rooms or hospitalisations, the most common conclusion was "greater use". Migrant children appear to use different types of healthcare services less than native populations, with the exception of emergency and hospital services. PROSPERO systematic review registration number: CRD42016039876 .

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Country Count As %
Unknown 155 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 26 17%
Researcher 19 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 10%
Other 12 8%
Student > Postgraduate 8 5%
Other 28 18%
Unknown 47 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 29 19%
Social Sciences 13 8%
Psychology 10 6%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 3%
Other 15 10%
Unknown 53 34%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 July 2022.
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#4,255,333
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#22
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