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Table 5 Use of Healthcare presented by total Number of Contacts to General Practitioner and Emergency Room by Intervention Group (N = 1572)

From: Know where to go: evidence from a controlled trial of a healthcare system information intervention among immigrants

Type of Healthcare Use

Control Group

Intervention Group I

Written Material

Intervention Group II

Course

Baseline

N

Follow-up

N

RR

95% CI

P-value

Baseline

N

Follow-up

N

RR

95% CI

P-value

Baseline

N

Follow-up

N

RR

95% CI

P-value

General practitioner

3662

500

2376

313

0.65

0.62–0.68

< 0.0001

2343

359

1592

241

1.05

0.96–1.14

0.270

2292

398

1890

295

1.27

1.17–1.38

< 0.0001

Emergency Room

100

80

60

52

0.60

0.44–0.83

0.002

75

55

42

37

0.93

0.57–1.53

0.785

95

75

61

44

1.07

0.68–1.68

0.770