Prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases among adult immigrants from Venezuela at a university hospital in Colombia from 2017 to 2018

Since 2015 immigration has increased significantly into Colombia. As immigrants who are not insured to the national health system present to public hospitals for medical care. However, there is little knowledge about the prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases amongst them. Ours was...

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Published in:Tropical doctor 2022-10, Vol.52 (4), p.538-542
Main Authors: Carreño-Almánzar, Fabián R, Vega-Vera, Agustín, Cala-Gómez, Sonia A., Coronado-Galán, Adán, Rodríguez, Reynaldo M.
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Language:English
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Summary:Since 2015 immigration has increased significantly into Colombia. As immigrants who are not insured to the national health system present to public hospitals for medical care. However, there is little knowledge about the prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases amongst them. Ours was a cross-sectional study at a university hospital reviewing 154 medical records of Venezuelan immigrants treated by the Internal Medicine Specialty between 2017 & 2018. Non-communicable diseases representing 66.3% are the main cause of hospitalization, possibly owing to poor primary care.
ISSN:0049-4755
1758-1133
DOI:10.1177/00494755221092892