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Table 4 Odds ratio (95% CI) for contacting the EPHC service at night, need for interpreter, long consultation, laboratory examination, or sickness certification 1

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

 

Night (0 am – 8 am)

Interpreter

Long consultation (> 20 min.)

Laboratory

Sickness certification

Country of origin:

     

Poland

0.92 (0.72 – 1.17)

38.29 (28.35 – 51.71)

1.33 (1.12 – 1.57)

1.41 (1.20 – 1.66)

1.96 (1.56 – 2.45)

Germany

0.74 (0.56 – 0.98)

9.07 (6.09 – 13.51)

1.45 (1.20 – 1.75)

1.24 (1.03 – 1.50)

1.16 (0.90 – 1.49)

Somalia

1.64 (1.37 – 1.96)

50.08 (38.22 – 65.62)

2.11 (1.83 – 2.43)

2.36 (2.05 – 2.72)

1.92 (1.58 – 2.34)

Iraq

1.67 (1.40 – 1.99)

60.32 (46.51 – 78.22)

1.50 (1.31 – 1.73)

1.81 (1.57 – 2.07)

1.90 (1.57 – 2.30)

Norway

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Reason for immigration:

     

Protection

0.99 (0.88 – 1.13)

0.78 (0.67 – 0.90)

1.06 (0.96 – 1.17)

0.99 (0.90 – 1.09)

1.54 (1.33 – 1.77)

Work

1.11 (0.89 – 1.37)

1.56 (1.27 – 1.93)

1.13 (0.98 – 1.30)

0.70 (0.61 – 0.80)

3.47 (2.88 – 4.18)

Family reunion

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Length of stay:

     

0 – 2 years

0.76 (0.60 – 0.94)

5.45 (4.01 – 7.41)

0.77 (0.65 – 0.92)

1.09 (0.92 – 1.29)

0.79 (0.63 – 0.99)

3 – 5 years

0.84 (0.67 – 1.04)

3.14 (2.31 – 4.26)

0.72 (0.61 – 0.86)

0.88 (0.74 – 1.04)

0.74 (0.58 – 0.93)

6 – 10 years

0.89 (0.75 – 1.06)

1.99 (1.54 – 2.56)

0.84 (0.73 – 0.96)

0.98 (0.85 – 1.12)

0.98 (0.82 – 1.17)

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.