Table 1 Distribution of age, gender, specialty and variable cost of emergency visits
From: Impact of immigration on the cost of emergency visits in Barcelona (Spain)
Spanish-born residents | IHIC | Eastern Europe | Maghreb and Nile valley | Rest of Africa | Latin America | Asia | ILIC | Immigrants (IHIC + ILIC) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients (n) | 132,435 | 7,226 | 1,587 | 5,020 | 681 | 13,776 | 4,532 | 25,596 | 32,822 | 165,257 |
(%) | 80.1 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 15.5 | 19.9 | 100.0 |
Age (%) | ||||||||||
less than 16 years | 16.8 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 16.3 |
between 16 and 50 years | 44.2 | 75.6 | 84.6 | 80.7 | 78.3 | 77.8 | 77.9 | 78.8 | 78.1 | 51.0 |
between 51 and 65 years | 12.2 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 10.8 |
more than 65 years | 26.7 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 21.9 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Gender (%) | ||||||||||
Women | 54.3 | 54.1 | 56.3 | 46.6 | 51.5 | 66.2 | 44.8 | 57.5 | 56.8 | 54.8 |
Men | 45.7 | 45.9 | 43.7 | 53.4 | 48.5 | 33.8 | 55.2 | 42.5 | 43.2 | 45.2 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Specialty (%) | ||||||||||
Paediatrics | 13.0 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 12.8 |
Gynaecology | 11.5 | 17. 6 | 31.3 | 21.4 | 22.6 | 31.3 | 24.7 | 28.0 | 25.7 | 14.3 |
Surgery | 15.2 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 14.8 |
Traumatology | 22.2 | 23.3 | 14.1 | 21.5 | 13.4 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 21.3 |
Medicine | 38.2 | 34.2 | 32.5 | 31.8 | 36.9 | 27.8 | 32.2 | 29.9 | 30.8 | 36.7 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Variable cost | ||||||||||
Total variable cost (€) | 1,571,745 | 57,312 | 10,663 | 38,433 | 6,956 | 96,020 | 32,550 | 184,622 | 241,935 | 1,813,680 |
Total cost (%) | 86.7 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 100.0 |
Mean variable cost | 11.9 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 11.0 |
Standard deviation | 35.2 | 24.7 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 38.3 | 22.2 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 31.9 |