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Table 1 Description of included studies

From: A systematic review on the use of healthcare services by undocumented migrants in Europe

 

N = 29

 

n (%)

References

General characteristics of the study

 Receiving countries

  Italy

6 (21)

[16, 20,21,22, 30, 32]

  Denmark

2 (7)

[13, 36]

  England

1 (3)

[15]

  Switzerland

2 (7)

[31, 34]

  Germany

4 (14)

[21, 23, 24, 37]

  France

1 (3)

[35]

  The Netherlands

5 (17)

[18, 19, 25, 26, 29]

  Portugal

2 (7)

[11, 12]

  Spain

2 (7)

[14, 38]

  Belgium

1 (3)

[17]

  Multi-country analysisa

1 (3)

[27]

  Multi-country analysisb

2 (10)

[28, 39]

 Type of health services

  Primary healthcare services

19 (66)

[11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21, 23, 25,26,27, 29, 36,37,38]

  Hospital services

19 (66)

[11, 12, 14,15,16,17, 23, 24, 27, 29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38]

  Outpatient specialist services

17 (59)

[12, 14,15,16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26,27,28,29, 34, 36,37,38,39]

  A&E services

15 (48)

[11, 12, 14,15,16,17,18, 23, 26, 27, 33, 35,36,37,38]

  Not defined

1 (3)

[17]

Characteristics of undocumented migrants in the study

 Number of undocumented migrants included

  Up to 100

6 (21)

[14, 15, 17, 36, 38, 39]

  Between 100 and 1000

18 (62)

[11,12,13, 16,17,18,19, 23,24,25,26,27,28,29, 32,33,34,35]

  Over 1000

5 (17)

[20, 21, 30, 31, 37]

 Percentage of undocumented migrants of total sample size

  0–9

4 (14)

[31,32,33, 39]

  10–49

8 (28)

[11, 12, 17, 19, 24, 28, 35, 38]

  50–99

2 (7)

[25, 37]

  100

15 (52)

[13,14,15,16,17,18, 20, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 34,35,36]

 Information on place of birth

  Specific country of birth

6 (21)

[14, 16, 17, 21, 35, 36]

  Specific region of birth

13 (45)

[12, 13, 20, 23, 24, 26, 29,30,31,32,33,34,35]

  Country and region of birth

5 (17)

[11, 18, 25, 37, 38]

  Non-specific

5 (18)

[15, 17, 27, 28, 39]

 Information on type of migration

  Yes

6 (21)

[14, 18, 26, 34,35,36]

  No

23 (79)

[11,12,13, 15,16,17, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25, 27,28,29,30,31,32,33, 37,38,39]

Methodological characteristics

 Study design

  Quantitative

20 (69)

[11,12,13, 16,17,18,19,20,21,22, 25, 26, 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35, 37, 38]

  Cross-sectional

18 (62)

[11,12,13, 16, 17, 19,20,21,22, 28,29,30,31,32,33, 35, 37, 38]

  Cohort

2 (7)

[25, 34]

  Qualitative

7 (24)

[14, 15, 23, 24, 27, 36, 39]

  Mixed methods

2 (7)

[18, 26]

 Data source

  Registry

9 (31)

[13, 19,20,21,22, 25, 30, 32, 37]

  Survey

8 (28)

[11, 12, 16, 17, 28, 34, 35, 38]

  Registry and survey

3 (10)

[29, 31, 33]

  Interview

4 (14)

[14, 15, 27, 39]

  Observation

0 (0)

 

  Interview and observation

3 (10)

[23, 24, 36]

  Multiple data sources

2 (7)

[18, 26]

 Adjustment

  Defined

13 (45)

[11, 12, 18,19,20, 22, 25, 29, 31,32,33,34,35]

  Not done/not applicable

16 (55)

[13,14,15,16,17, 21, 23, 24, 26,27,28, 30, 36,37,38,39]

  1. aIncludes Finland, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, the UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
  2. bIncludes Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK