▶️The institutionalization and expansion of support services such as interpretation and care navigation as well as outreach are therefore warranted.
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▶️Asylum-seekers with depressive symptoms tend to not seek any services.
▶️Both the undirected and under-utilization of health services may reflect navigation and accessibility issues.
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The results indicate differences in asylum-seekers’ healthcare seeking for different health needs:
▶️Physical healthcare needs and anxiety are associated with higher utilization of both ambulatory and emergency care (seemingly “at random”)
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▶️No evidence was found that low utilization of ambulatory care contributes to emergency care use; nor is there evidence that ambulatory treatment obviates the need to seek emergency care.
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...by analyzing interrelations between health needs and utilization of ambulatory and emergency care, while explicitly addressing associations between the different types of care.
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Does low accessibility of ambulatory care drive high utilization of emergency care among asylum-seekers?
@NoraGottlieb & Martin Siegel used a shortened version of our RESPOND questionnaire and examined this question...
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