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Table 4 Emergency department utilisation rate ratio in the study area for each emergency department specialty, derived from the negative binomial regression.

From: Hospital emergency department utilisation rates among the immigrant population in Barcelona, Spain

 

Obstetric and Gynaecological

Surgical

Traumatological

Medical

Psychiatric

Minor Emergencies

ORIGIN

      

   Spanish-born

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Foreign-born

1.43 (0.86; 2.35)

0.51 (0.43; 0.62)c

0.47 (0.38; 0.59)c

0.48 (0.39; 0.59)c

0.42 (0.18; 0.97)a

1.03 (0.92; 1.16)

SEX

      

   Male

-

1.68 (1.42; 1.98) c

0.86 (0.69; 1.07)

1.04 (0.84; 1.30)

0.65 (0.30; 1.40)

1.22 (1.09; 1.36)c

   Female

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

AGE

      

   15–49

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   50–64

0.11 (0.06; 0.19)c

1.35 (1.12; 1.62)b

1.06 (0.87; 1.36)

1.4 (1.13; 1.89)b

0.93 (0.41; 2.12)

0.74 (0.65; 0.84)c

   ≥ 65

0.12 (0.06; 0.22)c

2.07 (1.71; 2.51)c

1.22 (0.92; 1.61)

2.34 (1.79; 3.05)c

0.50 (0.15; 1.64)

0.46 (0.40; 0.53)c

  1. a p < 0.05 b p < 0.01 c p < 0.001