Internally displaced persons’ ed utilization and disease patterns: A single center retrospective chart review

Eveline Hitti, Ghada Chamandi, Hiba Fadlallah, Hani Tamim, Maha Makki and Afif Mufarrij

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: Background: Armed conflicts profoundly disrupt healthcare systems, with internally displaced persons (IDPs) facing distinct challenges and barriers to accessing healthcare. This study explores emergency department (ED) utilization patterns, disease spectrum, and patient outcomes of IDPs during conflict in comparison with non-IDPs (NIDPs). Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on all patients presenting to the American University of Beirut Medical Center between October 7, 2024, and November 27, 2024. Patients were categorized into the IDPs and NIDPs groups based on documented residential status at the time of presentation. Specifically, we compared the demographic data, ED visit characteristics, and disease spectrums in displaced versus non-displaced patients in a tertiary care hospital in Lebanon. Results: A total of 5686 patients were reviewed, of which 776 and 4910 patients were identified as IDPs and NIDPS, respectively. Displaced patients tended to be younger (p

Date: 2025
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