From: A systematic review on the use of healthcare services by undocumented migrants in Europe
N = 29 | ||
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n (%) | References | |
General characteristics of the study | ||
Receiving countries | ||
Italy | 6 (21) | |
Denmark | 2 (7) | |
England | 1 (3) | [15] |
Switzerland | 2 (7) | |
Germany | 4 (14) | |
France | 1 (3) | [35] |
The Netherlands | 5 (17) | |
Portugal | 2 (7) | |
Spain | 2 (7) | |
Belgium | 1 (3) | [17] |
Multi-country analysisa | 1 (3) | [27] |
Multi-country analysisb | 2 (10) | |
Type of health services | ||
Primary healthcare services | 19 (66) | [11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21, 23, 25,26,27, 29, 36,37,38] |
Hospital services | 19 (66) | [11, 12, 14,15,16,17, 23, 24, 27, 29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38] |
Outpatient specialist services | 17 (59) | [12, 14,15,16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26,27,28,29, 34, 36,37,38,39] |
A&E services | 15 (48) | |
Not defined | 1 (3) | [17] |
Characteristics of undocumented migrants in the study | ||
Number of undocumented migrants included | ||
Up to 100 | 6 (21) | |
Between 100 and 1000 | 18 (62) | |
Over 1000 | 5 (17) | |
Percentage of undocumented migrants of total sample size | ||
0–9 | 4 (14) | |
10–49 | 8 (28) | |
50–99 | 2 (7) | |
100 | 15 (52) | |
Information on place of birth | ||
Specific country of birth | 6 (21) | |
Specific region of birth | 13 (45) | |
Country and region of birth | 5 (17) | |
Non-specific | 5 (18) | |
Information on type of migration | ||
Yes | 6 (21) | |
No | 23 (79) | [11,12,13, 15,16,17, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25, 27,28,29,30,31,32,33, 37,38,39] |
Methodological characteristics | ||
Study design | ||
Quantitative | 20 (69) | [11,12,13, 16,17,18,19,20,21,22, 25, 26, 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35, 37, 38] |
Cross-sectional | 18 (62) | [11,12,13, 16, 17, 19,20,21,22, 28,29,30,31,32,33, 35, 37, 38] |
Cohort | 2 (7) | |
Qualitative | 7 (24) | |
Mixed methods | 2 (7) | |
Data source | ||
Registry | 9 (31) | |
Survey | 8 (28) | |
Registry and survey | 3 (10) | |
Interview | 4 (14) | |
Observation | 0 (0) | |
Interview and observation | 3 (10) | |
Multiple data sources | 2 (7) | |
Adjustment | ||
Defined | 13 (45) | |
Not done/not applicable | 16 (55) |