Differences in health care utilisation between elderly from ethnic minorities and ethnic Dutch elderly

Table 4 The adjusted mean costs of different health care services per insured persons (2010) ^{1, 2, 3}

	Moroccan N = 14,490	Turkish N = 10,316	Surinamese N = 8,619	Moluccan N = 1,064	Dutch N = 33,725	p-value
Total costs (mean, SE)	3049.8 (67.3)⁴	3149.4 (79.6)⁴	3843.4 (87.2)⁴	2300.0 (247.9)⁴	3473.3 (44.0)	<0.0001
GP services (mean, SE)⁵	56.8 (0.5)⁴	58.7 (0.6)⁴	60.8 (0.6)⁴	42.0 (1.8)⁴	48.7 (0.3)	<0.0001
Receipt of prescriptions (mean, SE)⁶	819.4 (15.8)⁴	855.8 (18.7)⁴	871.2 (20.5)⁴	545.9 (58.3)⁴	727.2 (10.4)	<0.0001
Physical therapy (mean, SE)⁷	141.3 (3.4)⁴	139.3 (4.1)⁴	186.4 (4.5)	122.5 (12.7)⁴	176.7 (2.3)	<0.0001
Hospital services (mean, SE)⁸	1854.3 (59.6)⁴	1922.7 (70.5)⁴	2478.0 (77.2)	1472.1 (219.5)⁴	2303.6 (39.0)	<0.0001
Medical aids (mean, SE)⁹	178.1 (6.5)⁴	172.9 (7.7)⁴	247.0 (8.4)⁴	117.4 (24.0)⁴	217.2 (4.3)	<0.0001

¹Adjusted for age and gender.
²The costs are indicated in Euros.
³Financial reimbursements of health care deliverables to care providers in the country of origin are included.
⁴Mean differs significantly from that of the ethnic Dutch population (p < 0.05).
⁵Mean costs of the health services provided by general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses in primary care.
⁶Mean costs of all drugs dispensed by pharmacies (drugs dispensed by hospital pharmacies are not included).
⁷Mean costs of the health services provided by physical therapists.
⁸Mean costs of hospital admissions and diagnostic and therapeutic services provided in hospitals.
⁹Mean costs of medical aids prescribed to treat a disorder or to help with a limitation (except for medical aids provided while admitted or medical specialist treatment related to admission or treatment).

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