Table 1 Consultation characteristics
Characteristics | Local population consultation | Asylum seeker consultation | p-value | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 115,226 | (100.0) | 2490 | (100.0) | – | 117,716 | (100.0) |
Weekend admission, [n (%)] | 39,045 | (33.9) | 790 | (31.7) | 0.024 | 39,835 | (33.8) |
Revisit, [n (%)] | 38,472 | (33.4) | 1053 | (42.3) | < 0.001 | 39,525 | (33.6) |
Year of consultation, [n (%)] | |||||||
2013 | 25,453 | (22.1) | 433 | (17.4) | 25,886 | (22.0) | |
2014 | 27,477 | (23.8) | 560 | (22.5) | 28,037 | (23.8) | |
2015 | 30,755 | (26.7) | 669 | (26.9) | 31,424 | (26.7) | |
2016 | 31,541 | (27.4) | 828 | (33.3) | < 0.001 | 32,369 | (27.5) |
Age, [median (IQR)] | 52 | (32–69) | 29 | (22–37) | < 0.001 | 51 | (31–68) |
Sex, [n (%)] | |||||||
Female | 51,144 | (44.4) | 789 | (31.7) | 51,933 | (44.1) | |
Male | 64,082 | (55.6) | 1701 | (68.3) | < 0.001 | 65,783 | (55.9) |
Country of origin, [n (%)] | |||||||
Switzerland | 115,226 | (100.0) | – | 115,226 | (97.9) | ||
Eritrea | – | 423 | (17.0) | 423 | (0.4) | ||
Syria | – | 306 | (12.3) | 306 | (0.3) | ||
Afghanistan | – | 293 | (11.8) | 293 | (0.4) | ||
Somalia | – | 277 | (11.1) | 277 | (0.2) | ||
Iraq | – | 121 | (4.9) | 121 | (0.1) | ||
Other | – | 1070 | (43.0) | < 0.001 | 1070 | (0.9) | |
Type of admission, [n (%)] | |||||||
Walk-in | 48,716 | (42.3) | 1359 | (54.6) | 50,075 | (42.5) | |
Ambulance | 19,282 | (16.7) | 434 | (17.4) | 19,716 | (16.7) | |
Previous medical contact (e.g. GP) | 18.086 | (15.7) | 164 | (6.6) | 18,250 | (15.5) | |
Legal admission | 944 | (0.8) | 98 | (3.9) | 1042 | (0.9) | |
Other | 4484 | (3.9) | 113 | (4.5) | 4597 | (3.9) | |
Not specified | 23,714 | (20.6) | 322 | (12.9) | < 0.001 | 24,036 | (20.4) |
Triage, [median (IQR)] | 2 | (2–3) | 3 | (3–3) | < 0.001 | 3 | (2–3) |
Leading physician, [n (%)] | |||||||
Internist | 30,600 | (26.6) | 905 | (36.4) | 31,505 | (26.8) | |
Surgical | 24,728 | (21.5) | 710 | (28.5) | 25,438 | (21.6) | |
Psychiatric | 5257 | (4.6) | 40 | (1.6) | 5297 | (4.5) | |
Specialist | 54,641 | (47.4) | 835 | (33.5) | < 0.001 | 55,476 | (47.1) |
Discharge, [n (%)] | |||||||
Discharge at home | 54,925 | (47.7) | 1705 | (68.5) | 56,630 | (48.1) | |
Hospital admission | 41,405 | (35.9) | 491 | (19.7) | 41,896 | (35.6) | |
Death | 222 | (0.19) | 1 | (0.04) | 223 | (0.2) | |
Other | 1251 | (1.1) | 61 | (2.5) | 1312 | (1.1) | |
Not specified | 17,423 | (15.1) | 232 | (9.3) | < 0.001 | 17,655 | (15.0) |