Gesundheitswesen
Volume 78, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 808-813

Health care of refugees in 2015 - Evaluation of an ambulance for refugees in a Cologne emergency accommodation (Cologne Model) [Gesundheitliche Versorgung von Geflüchteten in 2015 - Evaluation einer Ambulanz für Geflüchtete in einer Kölner Notunterkunft (Kölner Modell)] (Article)

Borgschulte H.S. , Bunte A. , Neuhann F. , Weber L.T. , Wiesmüller G.A.*
  • a Gesundheitsamt der Stadt Köln, Germany, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Med. Fak. der RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • b Gesundheitsamt der Stadt Köln, Germany
  • c Gesundheitsamt der Stadt Köln, Germany, Institut für Public Health, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Gesundheitsamt, Infektions- und Umwelthygiene, Neumarkt 15-21, Köln, 50667, Germany
  • d Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Uniklinik Köln, Germany
  • e Gesundheitsamt der Stadt Köln, Germany, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Med. Fak. der RWTH Aachen, Germany

Abstract

Access to medical care is a core element in the care of refugees and asylum seekers, and should therefore be guaranteed in a barrier-free way. In practice, there are usually numerous access barriers and the first contact with the German Health Care System takes place in form of a statutory examination to exclude infectious diseases. In addition to the introduction of health insurance cards for refugees, an offer of medical consultation for several hours a week in the municipal emergency accommodations provides an opportunity for low threshold access to primary care and a bridging function to the integration into the regular health care system. This offer is independent of the obligatory initial examination according to § 62 Asylum Law (AsylG) 1. The evaluation of the first year of such a health care center is presented. © Georg Thieme Verlag KGStuttgart · New York.

Author Keywords

Medical care Refugees Emergency accommodation

Index Keywords

Vulnerable Populations vulnerable population Germany ambulance refugee health care survey Health Care Surveys sex ratio human Refugees middle aged statistics and numerical data Aged ethnology Young Adult Humans Adolescent Infant, Newborn male preschool child Aged, 80 and over patient referral very elderly workload Infant Child, Preschool newborn Referral and Consultation female Ambulances adult Sex Distribution Utilization Review utilization age distribution Health Services Accessibility health care delivery Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85006867198&doi=10.1055%2fs-0042-121251&partnerID=40&md5=cc1c2e2ab7221c1e5ad8f9e58f68f897
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-121251
ISSN: 09413790
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English; German