Table 6 Number and percentage of hospital discharges by origin of admission and outcome with the odds ratio (OR) and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) for foreign citizens from low-income countries (FCLICs) and high-income countries (FCHICs) compared with autochthonous citizens (ACs)

Admission from emergency department *

ACs (N = 34,745)

22,101

63.9

1

1

FCHICs (N = 1,140)

671

58.9

0.82

(0.73-0.92)

0.84

(0.74-0.94)

FCLICs (N = 2,606)

1,750

67.2

1.17

(1.07-1.27)

1.22

(1.18-1.33)

Outcome

At home and followed by general practitioner

ACs

23,230

60.2

1

-

1

-

FCHICs

764

60.4

1.01

(0.90-1.13)

1.02

(0.91-1.15)

FCLICs

1,703

57.6

0.90

(0.84-0.97)

0.91

(0.84-0.98)

At home and followed by specialist

ACs

11,431

29.6

1

FCHICs

353

27.9

0.92

(0.81-1.04)

0.91

(0.81-1.04)

FCLICs

1,085

36.7

1.38

(1.28-1.50)

1.09

(1.01-1.19)

Home hospitalization

ACs

641

1.7

1

1.00

FCHICs

7

0.6

0.33

(0.16-0.70)

0.37

(0.18-0.79)

FCLICs

17

0.6

0.34

(0.21-0.56)

1.05

(0.64-1.72)

Transfer to other hospitals

ACs

767

2.0

1

-

1

-

FCHICs

55

4.4

2.24

(1.70-2.97)

2.21

(1.67-2.92)

FCLICs

35

1.2

0.59

(0.42-0.83)

0.89

(0.63-1.28)

Death

ACs

1,638

4.2

1

-

1

-

FCHICs

42

3.3

0.78

(0.57-1.06)

0.85

(0.62-1.59)

FCLICs

37

1.3

0.29

(0.21-0.40)

0.83

(0.59-1.16)