Effects of immigrant status on Emergency Room (ER) utilisation by children under age one: a population-based study in the province of Reggio Emilia (Italy)

Table 2 Visits frequency per child and type of visits by citizenship, Reggio Emilia (Italy), 2008-2010

	Italians		Immigrants		Total
N. of visits per child^§°	N	%	N	%	N	%
0 visits	4,291	67.1	1,296	54.4	5,587	63.7
1 or more visits	2,104	32.9	1,087	45.6	3,191	36.3
1	1,311	20.5	540	22.7	1,851	21.1
2	482	7.5	277	11.6	759	8.7
3	177	2.8	142	6.0	319	3.6
4	79	1.2	69	2.9	148	1.7
5	24	0.4	28	1.2	52	0.6
6+	31	0.5	31	1.3	62	0.7
Type of visit *
Total visits	3,472	100.0	2,158	100.0	5,630	100.0
Triage code
Red/yellow	232	6.7	129	6.0	361	6.4
Green	2,450	70.6	1,392	64.5	3,842	68.2
White	790	22.7	637	29.5	1,427	25.4
Type of discharge *
Visits followed by hospitalisation	427	12.3	288	13.4	715	12.7

^§ Analysis units are children.
^* Analysis units are visits.
° overdispersion test (i.e. Likelihood-ratio test of alpha = 0): p value < 0.001 for total cohort, for Italians and for immigrants.

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