Observational studyJournal of immigrant and minority health2013
Differences in the use of primary care services between Spanish national and immigrant patients.
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- Patterns of healthcare use among children with immigrant and non-immigrant backgrounds in 2019 and 2020: evidence from the CRIAS cohort study in the metropolitan area of Lisbon, Portugal.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Barriers to Accessing Primary Care and Appropriateness of Healthcare Among Immigrants in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Suicide ideation and psychosocial distress among refugee adolescents in Bidibidi settlement in West Nile, Uganda.Discover psychology · 2021Article
- Through health workers' eyes: a qualitative study of health service provision for migrants at Schengen border.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Immigration factors and potentially avoidable hospitalizations in Canada.SSM - population health · 2019Article
- Health literacy and primary health care use of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- Gender Differences in the Incidence of Depression Among Immigrants and Natives in Aragón, Spain.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2017Article
- Association between Suicide Ideation and Attempts and Being an Immigrant among Adolescents, and the Role of Socioeconomic Factors and School, Behavior, and Health-Related Difficulties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Global healthcare use by immigrants in Spain according to morbidity burden, area of origin, and length of stay.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Patterns of pharmaceutical use for immigrants to Spain and Norway: a comparative study of prescription databases in two European countries.International journal for equity in health · 2016Article
- Comparison of Health Care Resource Utilization by Immigrants Versus Native Elderly People.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2016Article
- Health status sensed by the adult Latin American immigrant population in the city of Seville, Spain.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Article
- [Potentially excluded population from health coverage and health impact since Royal Decree 16/2012: The Central Catalonia experience].Atencion primaria · 2015Observational
- Differential utilization of primary health care services among older immigrants and Norwegians: a register-based comparative study in Norway.BMC health services research · 2014Article
- Medical assistance is scarcely sought by immigrants and immigrant-travelers in Spain.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2013Article
- Public health services knowledge and utilization among immigrants in Greece: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2013Article
- A systematic review of the use of health services by immigrants and native populations.Public health reviewsReview
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Abstract
unlabelledKnowing what real use is made of health services by immigrant population is of great interest. The objectives are to analyze the use of primary care services by immigrants compared to Spanish nationals and to analyze these differences in relation to geographic origin. Retrospective observational study of all primary care visits made in 26 urban health centers. Main variable: total number of health centre visits/year. DEPENDENT VARIABLES: type of clinician requested; type of attention, and origin of immigrants. The independent variable was nationality. Statistics were obtained from the electronic medical records. The 4,933,521 appointments made in 2007 were analyzed for a reference population of 594,145 people (11.15% immigrants). The adjusted annual frequency for nationals was 8.3, versus whereas 4.6 for immigrants. The immigrant population makes less use of primary care services than national population. This is evident for all age groups and regardless of the immigrants' countries of origin. This result is important when planning health care resources for immigrant population.
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