Foreign patients visiting the emergency department : a systematic review of studies in Japan

• 資料種別: 記事
• タイトル: Foreign patients visiting the emergency department : a systematic review of studies in Japan
• 著者・編者: Soichiro Saeki; Yohei Kurosawa; Koichiro Tomiyama; Rie Tomizawa; Chika Honda; Kaori Minamitani
• 出版事項: 日本 : Japan Medical Association
• 出版年月日等: 2023-04-14
• 出版年（W3CDTF）: 2023-04-14
• タイトル（掲載誌）: JMA Journal
• 巻号年月日等（掲載誌）: 6(2)
• 掲載巻: 6(2)
• ISSN（掲載誌）: 2433-3298
• ISSN-L（掲載誌）: 2433-328X
• 本文の言語コード: eng
• DOI: 10.31662/jmaj.2022-0177; https://doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2022-0177
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• 受理日（W3CDTF）: 2025-10-21T09:04:40+09:00
• 保存日（W3CDTF）: 2024-09-26
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• 要約等: <p><b>Background:</b> As the number of non-native patients in Japan is increasing, emergency departments must provide proper care for international patients. However, no research has been conducted to determine the demographics of international patients that visit Japanese hospitals or the requirements to accept them. We aimed to organize the existing research and its patterns for foreign patients in Japan's emergency departments and to identify the areas that require further research.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> Systematic review of research articles indexed in MEDLINE and Ichushi-web (Japanese medical literature) was conducted. The search strategy was based on a previous study in Japanese, and the search was limited to manuscripts published from 2015.</p><p><b>Results:</b> Nine publications that reported on the demographic characteristics of foreign patients who visited the emergency department were among the study's 13 references. Injury diagnoses and the Asian population were both common. Dealing with overseas patients can be challenging due to linguistic barriers, cultural differences, and payment issues. However, studies describing the spoken language and the type of healthcare insurance used were lacking. Furthermore, neither the definition of "foreign patients" nor the distinction between short-term visitors and long-term residents were made in the majority of the research.</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b> The demographic characteristics of patients differed depending on the location and facility, despite the fact that several characteristics of foreign patients in emergency departments appeared to be generalizable. The COVID-19 pandemic may modify the demographic characteristics of immigrants; thus, more research from a broad range of locations and medical facilities is still necessary.</p>
• DOI: 10.31662/jmaj.2022-0177
• オンライン閲覧公開範囲: インターネット公開
• 連携機関・データベース: 科学技術振興機構 : J-STAGE; http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp

• 要約等: <p><b>Background:</b> As the number of non-native patients in Japan is increasing, emergency departments must provide proper care for international patients. However, no research has been conducted to determine the demographics of international patients that visit Japanese hospitals or the requirements to accept them. We aimed to organize the existing research and its patterns for foreign patients in Japan's emergency departments and to identify the areas that require further research.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> Systematic review of research articles indexed in MEDLINE and Ichushi-web (Japanese medical literature) was conducted. The search strategy was based on a previous study in Japanese, and the search was limited to manuscripts published from 2015.</p><p><b>Results:</b> Nine publications that reported on the demographic characteristics of foreign patients who visited the emergency department were among the study's 13 references. Injury diagnoses and the Asian population were both common. Dealing with overseas patients can be challenging due to linguistic barriers, cultural differences, and payment issues. However, studies describing the spoken language and the type of healthcare insurance used were lacking. Furthermore, neither the definition of "foreign patients" nor the distinction between short-term visitors and long-term residents were made in the majority of the research.</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b> The demographic characteristics of patients differed depending on the location and facility, despite the fact that several characteristics of foreign patients in emergency departments appeared to be generalizable. The COVID-19 pandemic may modify the demographic characteristics of immigrants; thus, more research from a broad range of locations and medical facilities is still necessary.</p>
• DOI: 10.31662/jmaj.2022-0177; https://doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2022-0177
• オンライン閲覧公開範囲: インターネット公開
• 関連情報（URI）: http://id.ndl.go.jp/digimeta/14494988; https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/14494988; https://www.jmaj.jp/download.php?id=10.31662/jmaj.2022-0177; https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2024180480
• 参照: Comparative Analysis of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation Outcomes Between Japanese and Non-Japanese Populations; https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1360021390764914048
• 連携機関・データベース: 国立情報学研究所 : CiNii Research; https://cir.nii.ac.jp/
• 提供元機関・データベース: Japan Link Center; https://japanlinkcenter.org/top; 雑誌記事索引データベース; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp; Crossref; https://www.crossref.org
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