Referral to the Hospital and Emergency Ambulance Service Uses Patterns of the Inmates and Convicts
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2015
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Derman Medical Publ
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the reasons for referral to the hospital and 112 emergency ambulance service uses patterns of the inmates and convicts in an E type prison. Material and Method: In this descriptive study, it was evaluated the prison records associated with referral to the hospital and 112 emergency ambulance service uses for one year in 2010-2011. Of the statistical analysis, descriptive statistics, chi-square test and Fisher's Exact Test were used. Results: All inmates and convicts were man, the median of age was 30,0 (min 18-max 68) years and substance use was 34,5%. The number of prisoners were referred to the hospital 815, total referrals were 1491; (referrals ranged from one to six) and most common in January; and according to frequency, reasons of the referral were eyes problems, musculoskeletal disorders and psychological problems. Emergency medical service was used for in medical causes (78,3%), accident, trauma and injuries (16,4%), suicide (5,3%). Discussion: Findings from the study show that prisoners are more likely to have suffered physical and mental health problems that compared to the rest of society and have significantly high substance use rates.
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WOS: 000376565700016
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Prisoner Health, Referral Hospital, Emergency Medical Services, Ambulance
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Journal Of Clinical And Analytical Medicine
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6
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