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Table 1 Characteristics of immigrant groups within the study population compared with Norwegians

From: Use of emergency care services by immigrants—a survey of walk-in patients who attended the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic

 

Norwegians

Immigrants

  

First generation

Second generation

Totala

Number of patients (%)

OAEOC

2500 (100)

1004 (100)

360 (100)

1364 (100)

 DEGP (general emergency clinic)

1053 (42.2)

576 (57.4)**

192 (53.3)**

768 (56.3)*

 SOE (trauma clinic)

1447 (57.8)

428 (42.6)**

168 (46.7)**

596 (43.7)*

Gender (%)

 Female

1245 (50.1)

450 (45.3)*

133 (38.9)**

583 (43.7)**

 Male

1241 (49.9)

543 (54.7)*

209 (61.1)**

752 (56.3)**

Age in years, mean (SD)

29.6 ± 20.9

32.6 ± 14.4**

9.7 ± 10.2**

26.6 ± 16.7**

Paediatric/adolescent proportion, 0–19 years (%)

812 (33.0)

104 (10.8)**

292 (85.6)**

396 (30.4)

Work status (%) b

 Employed

1485 (61.3)

600 (63.3)

149 (46.1)**

749 (58.9)

 Social welfare benefits

222 (9.2)

140 (14.8)**

27 (8.4)

167 (13.1)**

 Otherc

716 (29.6)

208 (21.9)**

147 (45.5)**

355 (27.9)

Self-reported use of OAEOC during the preceding 12 months (%)

 No visits

1355 (55.0)

465 (47.8)**

118 (34.5)**

583 (44.4)**

 1–2 visits

828 (33.6)

366 (37.7)**

141 (41.2)**

507 (38.6)**

 ≥ 3 visits

279 (11.3)

141 (14.5)*

83 (24.3)**

224 (17.0)**

 Mean number of visits

0.8 ± 1.2

1.1 ± 1.3**

1.5 ± 1.4**

1.2 ± 1.3**

Self-reported use of RGP during the preceding 12 months (%)d

 No visits

522 (22.7)

146 (21.6)

61 (18.9)

207 (20.7)

 1–2 visits

997 (43.4)

222 (32.9)**

145 (44.9)

367 (36.8)**

 ≥ 3 visits

777 (33.8)

307 (45.5)**

117 (36.2)

424 (42.5)**

 Mean number of visits

1.9 ± 1.4

2.2 ± 1.5**

2.0 ± 1.4

2.1 ± 1.5**

Self-reported RGP registration status (%)

 Yes

2326 (95.6)

689 (71.0)**

336 (95.7)

1025 (75.1)**

 No

69 (2.8)

250 (25.7)**

8 (2.3)

258 (19.5)**

 Do not know

37 (1.5)

32 (3.3)**

7 (2.0)

39 (3.0)*

  1. OAEOC (Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic), Missing data: Gender (n = 43), Work status (n = 170), OAEOC visits (n = 88), RGP visits (n = 57), RGP status (n = 110)
  2. *Indicates a significant difference compared with Norwegians (p < 0.05), **p < 0.001
  3. a Total immigrants (first generation) and Norwegian-born with immigrant parents (second generation)
  4. b Work status of the relatives accompanying patients < 16 years
  5. c Other: pensioner, student or homemaker
  6. d Includes only patients who report having an RGP (n = 3351)