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Table 1 Demographics, morbidity burden, and healthcare service use for nationals and immigrants in Spain

From: Global healthcare use by immigrants in Spain according to morbidity burden, area of origin, and length of stay

 

Nationals

Immigrants

Latin America

Eastern Europe

Africa

Asia

Western Europe & North America

N

1,102,391

149,149

41,060

56,011

37,603

5,723

8,752

Demographic information

0-14 years, %

11.6

14.2

11.0

13.6

18.8

18.2

11.1

15-44 years, %

36.8

67.3

68.2

68.7

67.4

63.7

55.5

45-64 years, %

27.7

17.0

18.7

17.0

12.9

15.9

27.5

65 years +, %

23.9

1.5

2.1

0.7

0.9

2.2

5.9

Women, %

51.1

46.1

56.4

48.2

33.4

44.7

40.6

Rural, %

39.8

37.4

23.6

46.8

38.8

18.1

49.2

Length of stay in Spain ≥5 years, %

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59.0

60.0

58.4

59.8

49.2

61.0

Morbidity burden

Healthy users/non-users, %

22.1

43.0

37.5

46.7

40.5

52.9

50.7

Low/moderate morbidity, %

71.7

54.4

59.8

51.1

56.6

45.1

46.8

High/very high morbidity, %

6.2

2.6

2.7

2.3

3.0

2.0

2.5

Use of Primary Care

No visits to doctor, %

22.2

37.8

34.9

41.1

31.5

46.5

52.1

No visits to nurse, %

48.7

73.0

72.0

75.4

69.0

79.5

75.8

Mean (SD) No. of visits to doctor, normal care

6.4 (8.1)

3.3 (5.0)

3.7 (5.1)

3.0 (4.9)

3.7 (5.1)

2.5 (4.3)

2.7 (5.1)

Mean (SD) No. of visits to doctor, urgent care

0.4 (1.1)

0.4 (1.1)

0.3 (0.9)

0.4 (1.1)

0.6 (1.4)

0.3 (1.0)

0.2 (0.9)

Mean (SD) No. of visits to nurse

3.3 (7.2)

0.8 (2.9)

0.8 (2.7)

0.7 (2.8)

0.9 (2.8)

0.7 (3.7)

1.0 (3.3)

Use of Specialised Care

No visits, %

48.3

75.6

59.3

70.6

71.1

74.1

75.7

Mean (SD) No. of visits

2.7 (4.7)

1.3 (3.2)

1.7 (3.5)

1.2 (3.0)

1.2 (3.0)

1.0 (2.8)

1.1 (3.2)

Use of Hospital Care

       

Mean (SD) No. of planned admissions/100 ind.

3.8 (25.1)

1.6 (30.0)

2.0 (20.7)

1.5 (17.5)

1.4 (50.8)

0.8 (10.0)

1.7 (14.6)

Mean (SD) No. of unplanned admissions/100 ind.

4.7 (27.0)

2.7 (17.7)

2.8 (18.8)

2.5 (17.9)

3.2 (19.9)

2.8 (18.7)

2.2 (17.9)

Mean (SD) hospital stay, days

6.5 (8.3)

4.3 (9.3)

4.3 (5.9)

4.4 (13.3)

4.0 (6.0)

4.5 (5.7)

5.5 (9.2)

Use of Emergency Care

       

No visits, %

82.2

85.2

82.5

85.7

85.9

85.8

90.6

Mean (SD) No. of visits/10 ind.

2.8 (7.8)

2.3 (7.2)

2.7 (7.4)

2.3 (7.0)

2.3 (7.4)

2.3 (7.2)

1.4 (5.5)

High priority visits, %

48.9

37.2

40.9

36.5

33.6

31.3

42.2

Pharmacy use

No use, %

24.8

46.2

43.7

49.9

39.3

53.9

58.9

Mean (SD) cost, €

317.5 (716.2)

47.0 (220.0)

50.9 (201.7)

42.3 (200.4)

43.5 (230.3)

33.4 (139.6)

82.0 (367.0)

  1. SD Standard deviation, Ind. Individuals