Table 2 Contact rates for different diagnoses, use of EPHC service at night, need for interpreter, long consultation, laboratory examination, and sickness certification 1
From: Immigrants’ use of emergency primary health care in Norway: a registry-based observational study
Norway | Poland | Germany | Somalia | Iraq | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of inhabitants (2008) | 4 110 812 | 48 826 | 36 700 | 24 232 | 25 238 |
Number of contacts (any type) | 1 129 631 | 5 018 | 2 484 | 7 978 | 8 935 |
Percentage contacts at night (0 am – 8 am) | 10.4 (10.3 – 10.5) | 10.3 (9.5 – 11.1) | 8.2 (7.1 – 9.3) | 14.7 (13.9 – 15.5) | 15.5 (14.8 – 16.3) |
Number of consultations (face-to-face with doctor) | 832 505 | 4 555 | 2 051 | 7 338 | 8 116 |
Contact rates (per 100 inhabitants): | |||||
All diagnoses | 27.4 (27.4 – 27.5) | 11.9 (10.9 – 13.0) | 7.0 (5.8 – 8.2) | 31.8 (30.5 – 33.1) | 33.6 (32.3 – 34.5) |
Non-specific pain | 5.9 (5.9 – 5.9) | 3.7 (3.6 – 3.9) | 1.8 (1.6 – 1.9) | 16.8 (16.3 – 17.2) | 15.7 (15.2 – 16.1) |
Injury | 2.7 (2.7 – 2.7) | 1.1 (1.0 – 1.1) | 0.8 (0.7 – 0.9) | 1.5 (1.4 – 1.7) | 1.7 (1.6 – 1.9) |
Psychiatric illness | 3.4 (3.4 – 3.4) | 0.8 (0.7 – 0.9) | 0.5 (0.5 – 0.6) | 2.4 (2.2 – 2.6) | 2.8 (2.6 – 3.0) |
Respiratory infections | 3.6 (3.6 – 3.6) | 1.7 (1.6 – 1.8) | 0.9 (0.8 – 1.0) | 4.9 (4.6 – 5.1) | 4.8 (4.6 – 5.1) |
Gastroenteritis | 0.2 (0.2 – 0.3) | 0.1 (0.1 – 0.2) | 0.1 (0.1 – 0.1) | 0.7 (0.6 – 0.8) | 0.6 (0.5 – 0.7) |
Rates of services (per100 consultations): | |||||
Use of interpreter | 0.2 (0.2 – 0.2) | 12.6 (11.6 – 13.6) | 2.6 (1.9 – 3.3) | 16.0 (15.2 – 16.8) | 15.7 (14.9 – 16.5) |
Long consultation (> 20 minutes) | 37.8 (37.7 – 37.9) | 40.3 (38.9 – 41.7) | 39.8 (37.7 – 41.9) | 41.0 (39.9 – 42.1) | 33.9 (32.9 – 34.9) |
Use of laboratory | 33.8 (33.7 – 33.9) | 37.2 (35.8 – 38.6) | 33.2 (31.2 – 35.2) | 51.1 (50.0 – 52.2) | 43.5 (42.4 – 44.6) |
Sickness certification | 7.8 (7.7 – 7.9) | 17.6 (16.5 – 18.7) | 13.6 (12.1 –15.1) | 8.5 (7.9 – 9.1) | 7.6 (7.0 – 8.2) |