Humanitarian surgical service utilization by a host country population

Comparing surgery patterns between refugees and Tanzanians using an interrupted time-series analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID15554641
AuthorsZachary Obinna Enumah (0000-0001-5463-0698, Bloomberg (United States), corresponding author), Sarah Rapaport (0000-0001-7890-1018, Johns Hopkins Hospital), Hilary Ngude (Tanzania Red Cross Society), Gayane Yenokyan (0000-0003-1482-5612, Johns Hopkins University), Amber Lekey, Peter J Winch (0000-0001-8569-5507, Johns Hopkins University), Kent A Stevens (Johns Hopkins University)
Year2021
Volume15
Issue1
Pages85-85
Publication date2021-11-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueConflict and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-1505 • E-ISSN: 1752-1505
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s13031-021-00423-z
PMID34809695
OpenAlexW3215819000
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

Surgical care in conflict and post-conflict settings is not limited to war or violence related trauma but instead includes a large burden of obstetrical and general surgical pathology. Host population utilization of surgical services in Nyarugusu camp accounted for over 25% of all surgeries performed, suggesting some host population benefit of the protracted refugee situation in western Tanzania. Host population utilization of surgical services was apparently different after a large influx of refugees from Burundi in 2015

Environmental health · Interrupted Time Series Analysis · Political science · Population · Refugee · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma

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