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Table 3 Odds ratio (95% CI) for receiving different diagnoses 1

From: Immigrants’ use of emergency primary health care in Norway: a registry-based observational study

 

Non-specific pain

Injury

Psychiatric illness

Respiratory infections

Gastroenteritis

Country of origin:

     

Poland

1.13 (0.89 – 1.43)

0.64 (0.49 – 0.84)

1.05 (0.68 – 1.62)

1.23 (1.01 – 1.51)

1.06 (0.62 – 1.82)

Germany

0.84 (0.64 – 1.10)

0.81 (0.60 – 1.07)

0.90 (0.56 – 1.46)

1.01 (0.81 – 1.28)

1.81 (1.02 – 3.21)

Somalia

2.03 (1.70 – 2.43)

0.41 (0.32 – 0.54)

0.85 (0.60 – 1.20)

0.88 (0.73 – 1.05)

2.01 (1.30 – 3.08)

Iraq

2.10 (1.77 – 2.50)

0.49 (0.38 – 0.63)

0.82 (0.58 – 1.15)

0.84 (0.70 – 1.00)

1.58 (1.02 – 2.44)

Norway

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Reason for immigration:

     

Protection

1.16 (1.03 – 1.31)

0.92 (0.77 – 1.10)

1.43 (1.10 – 1.85)

1.17 (1.03 – 1.32)

0.98 (0.72 – 1.33)

Work

1.46 (1.19 – 1.79)

1.51 (1.25 – 1.82)

1.93 (1.30 – 2.85)

0.73 (0.62 – 0.86)

0.56 (0.34 – 0.90)

Family reunion

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Length of stay:

     

0 – 2 years

0.97 (0.78 – 1.21)

1.27 (0.95 – 1.68)

0.26 (0.17 – 0.40)

1.02 (0.83 – 1.27)

1.28 (0.75 – 2.19)

3 – 5 years

0.95 (0.77 – 1.18)

1.33 (1.00 – 1.78)

0.55 (0.37 – 0.81)

1.08 (0.87 – 1.33)

0.63 (0.36 – 1.12)

6 – 10 years

1.09 (0.92 – 1.29)

1.26 (0.99 – 1.60)

0.78 (0.57 – 1.06)

1.15 (0.97 – 1.36)

0.88 (0.58 – 1.36)

11 – 18 years

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

  1. 1Multivariate logistic regression analyses, adjusted for age, gender, centrality, Norwegian citizenship, work income, enlistment with a RGP, and number of EPHC contacts.