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Table 3 Group differences in health care utilization

From: What explains the inequalities in health care utilization between immigrants and non-migrants in Switzerland?

 

Swiss

Immigrants

  

overall

1st generation

2nd generation

culturally different

culturally similar

Pr(doctor visit)

0.782

0.740***

0.736***

0.773

0.686***

0.771

  

(0.450)

(0.452)

(0.439)

(0.472)

(0.418)

Pr(ED visit)

0.115

0.140***

0.135**

0.178***

0.135

0.143***

  

(0.356)

(0.350)

(0.392)

(0.353)

(0.360)

Number of doctor visits if doctor visit

4.22

4.32

4.33

4.25

4.41

4.27

  

(4.73)

(4.77)

(4.44)

(4.80)

(4.65)

Number of ED visits if ED visit

1.20

1.27*

1.28*

1.24

1.31*

1.25

  

(0.52)

(0.52)

(0.56)

(0.53)

(0.51)

Number of observations

14545

5446

4771

675

2806

2640

  1. Source: SHS 2012, GMM II 2010, own calculations.
  2. Notes: Reported numbers are mean values, and standard deviations are in parentheses. Sample size = 19,991 observations. Only adult population up to 73 years old included. Health care utilization variables refer to past 12 months. Pr: Probability. ED: emergency department. The significance levels refer to the difference between the Swiss and each immigrant group: ***p<0.001,**p<0.01, *p<0.05.