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Abstract
This research studied health status and the clinic utilization of Southeast Asian and Russian refugees who used the Portland International Health Clinic from March 1, 1991 to February 29, 1992. Patients' medical records were used as the instrument, and a representative sample of 743 records were studied.
Significant differences were found between the Southeast Asian and Russian refugee patients in terms of their number of clinic visits, age, and family sizes, The Southeast Asians were older than the Russians (p<.05), with smaller family size (p<.001) and had a greater number of clinic visits (p<.05). Overall, the patient populations had many similarities in health status. However, the prevalence of certain diseases varied by gender and ethnicity. The findings also indicated that age and gender were two important predictors of patients' numbers of clinic visits. The overall sample's number of clinic visits were significantly related with patients' age (r=.26, p<.000), and gender (r=.14, p<.000).
Use of other than secondary data research is recommended to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of refugee patients' health status and clinic utilization. Further research in the area of epidemiology, mental health, medical anthropology is suggested.
