Understanding the impact of conflict on health services in Iraq: information from 401 Iraqi refugee doctors in Jordan.

Objectives: This study aims to assess how conflict has affected the function of Iraqi health services and its doctors.

Methods: Interviews were conducted in person or by mobile phone with 401 Iraqi doctors entering Jordan since 2003, using respondent-driven sampling methods.

Results: Of the Iraqi doctors interviewed in 2008, 94% came from Baghdad, although 25% had moved within Iraq in the past year.