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Table 1 Demographics, morbidity burden, and healthcare utilization for Spanish nationals and immigrants in Spain

From: Overuse or underuse? Use of healthcare services among irregular migrants in a north-eastern Spanish region

 

Spanish nationals

Foreign-born (all)

Africa

Asia

Eastern Europe

Latin America

Western Europe & North America

DM

IM

DM

IM

DM

IM

DM

IM

DM

IM

DM

IM

Demographic information

N

930,131

123,432

17,152

29,643

2563

4621

327

39,678

7429

39,829

4643

9661

2190

Women, %

51.42

48.55

33.76

31.96

18.77

43.24

37.61

51.23

32.12

59.09

45.53

47.49

31.37

Age

Mean (SD)

51.91 (0.020)

38.18 (0.034)

38.06 (0.083)

37.39 (0.063)

37.85 (0.204)

38.49 (0.184)

39.71 (0.664)

36.71 (0.053)

37.23 (0.118)

38.51 (0.063)

38.89 (0.170)

45. 12 (0.147)

39.16 (0.248)

18–44 years, %

39.71

74.11

76.10

78.27

80.53

72.80

69.11

78.79

78.58

71.39

72.73

53.97

70.68

45–64 years, %

32.14

22.94

22.11

19.48

17.17

23.31

26.91

20.26

20.62

25.14

24.6

35.26

26.94

65+ years, %

28.16

2.95

1.79

2.25

2.3

3.90

3.98

0.95

0.79

3.47

2.67

10.78

2.37

Length of stay in Spain ≥5 years, %

68.61

63.23

62.77

73.55

80.65

85.32

53.65

52.4

75.73

78.35

57.55

52.51

Morbidity burden

Healthy users/non-users, %

21.15

36.02

75.29

36.64

73.16

47.72

79.51

41.15

79.26

29.92

68.49

32.61

78.13

Low/moderate morbidity, %

72.03

60.54

24.31

59.65

26.3

49.49

20.18

56.01

20.35

66.39

31.12

63.02

21.55

High/very high morbidity, %

6.81

3.44

0.4

3.71

0.55

2.79

0.31

2.84

0.39

3.68

0.39

4.38

0.32

Use of Primary Care

No visits to doctor, %

22.83

34.19

86.5

33.35

79.17

46.09

90.83

38.32

87.66

29.18

85.89

34.71

91.78

No visits to nurse, %

48.55

71.42

95.56

70.8

93.64

80.09

97.86

74.69

95.76

69.3

95.48

64.47

96.94

Mean (SD) # of visits to doctor, normal care

6.7 (8.4)

4.0 (5.6)

0.5 (2.0)

4.1 (5.6)

0.8 (2.2)

2.7 (4.6)

0.2 (0.8)

3.3 (5.1)

0.5 (1.9)

4.5 (5.8)

0.6 (2.2)

4.5 (6.6)

0.3 (1.8)

Mean (SD) # of visits to doctor, urgent care

0.4 (1.0)

0.4 (1.1)

0.001 (0.1)

0.6 (1.3)

0.004 (0.1)

0.2 (0.9)

0 (0)

0.4 (1.0)

0.0003 (0.2)

0.3 (0.9)

0.0006 (0.04)

0.3 (1.0)

0.002 (0.1)

Mean (SD) # of visits to nurse

3.7 (7.7)

1.0 (3.5)

0.1 (0.7)

1.1 (3.5)

0.1 (0.8)

0.8 (3.4)

0.6 (5.1)

0.8 (3.3)

0.1 (0.8)

1.1 (3.3)

0.1 (0.6)

1.8 (4.8)

0.1 (0.7)

Use of Specialized Care

No visits, %

46.86

61.15

93.48

66.52

92.51

69.88

97.25

65.37

94.18

52.33

91.19

59.57

96.48

Mean (SD) # of visits

2.9 (4.9)

1.8 (3.7)

0.2 (1.3)

1.5 (3.6)

0.3 (1.6)

1.4 (3.5)

0.1 (0.7)

1.4 (3.3)

0.2 (1.2)

2.2 (4.0)

0.3 (1.5)

2.1 (4.3)

0.1 (0.9)

Use of Hospital Care

Mean (SD) # of planned admissions/100 ind.

4.2 (26.0)

2.0 (17.3)

0.3 (5.4)

1.5 (14.0)

0.3 (6.8)

1.4 (13.2)

0 (0)

1.8% (18.3)

0.2 (4.6)

2.6 (18.6)

0.4 (6.7)

2.8 (18.6)

0.1 (3.0)

Mean (SD) # of unplanned admissions/100 ind.

5.2 (28.4)

3.5 (21.1)

0.5 (8.1)

3.8 (21.8)

0.6 (7.9)

3.6 (21.5)

0.6 (7.8)

3.1 (19.8)

0.5 (8.4)

3.5 (21.1)

0.5 (7.5)

3.6 (24.1)

0.4 (8.8)

Mean (SD) hospital stay, days

6.7 (8.4)

4.7 (9.7)

6.0 (1.2)

4.4 (6.4)

8.5 (17.9)

5.0 (6.3)

4 (2.8)

4.6 (14.4)

4.6 (6.5)

4.5 (6.4)

6.5 (15.7)

6.1 (10.1)

6.7 (5.5)

Use of Emergency Care

No visits, %

81.83

81.95

96.93

83.06

96.06

84.48

96.64

82.8

96.92

79.2

96.64

85.16

98.63

Mean (SD) # of visits/10 ind.

2.8 (8.0)

2.8 (7.8)

0.4 (3.2)

2.8 (8.2)

0.5 (3.3)

2.4 (7.1)

0.4 (2.2)

2.7 (7.5)

0.4 (3.4)

3.3 (8.0)

0.5 (3.2)

2.2 (6.9)

0.2 (2.5)

High priority visits, %

51.2

39.6

44.5

36.7

46.6

37.2

27.3

37.5

41.8

42.2

50.3

46.0

33.3

Pharmacy expenditure

Zero expenditure, %

24.0

39.4

89.6

36.0

83.8

50.6

93.6

44.8

90.6

35.3

88.8

38.6

94.4

Mean (SD) expenditure, €

366.5 (763.4)

77.4 (302.4)

8.7 (90.1)

70.4 (314.3)

10.4 (70.0)

64.3 (248.2)

2.7 (16.0)

53.9 (225.8)

9.1 (115.2)

82.9 (279.9)

9.7 (73.8)

179.3 (543.0)

4.6 (34.9)

  1. Abbreviations: DM documented migrant, ind individuals, SD standard deviation, IM irregular migrant