The Efficacy of Health Services as Perceived by Syrian Refugees: A Field Study in the North of Jordan

Abstract

The study aims to report the efficacy of health services (Psychiatric, Physical therapy, Surgery, Artificial limbs, and Drugs) as perceived by Syrian refugees in Jordan and examine the influence of some socio-demographic factors on health efficacy services among Syrian Refugees in Jordan. The available sample consists of (400) respondents over the age of eighteen from different locations in the north of Jordan (in and out of refugees' camps' residents). Compared means was used to conclude, which is a better service for the refugees. Multiple regression analyses were used in order to examine the socio-demographic factors' role in explaining their perception of efficacy about the presented health services. Included predictor variables were educational attainment, place of living, kind of limps and gender. The results of this study revealed that providing drugs, surgery, physical therapy, and psychiatric services showed efficacy among refugees. Also, the efficacy of health services among refugees was significantly influenced by education, place of living, kind of limps and gender respectively.