Table 4 Records concerning hospitalization from the ED and discharge
Emergency Department (ED) contact resulting in hospitalization | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Record | Country and classificationa | Migrant sub-population of interest | Measures of frequency | Measures of association | Direction of association with migrant status |
Hospitalization | |||||
Klukowska-Roetzler et al. (2018) [59] | Switzerland (HIC) | Southeast Europe natives | Southeast immigrants vs. Swiss natives: 21.0% vs. 34.5%. | n/a | \(\downarrow\) |
Al-Hajj et al. (2021) [71] | Lebanon (MIC) | Individuals presenting with an injury | Refugees vs. Lebanese natives: 7.1% vs. 10.3%. | n/a | \(\downarrow\) |
Zunino et al. (2021) [70] | France (HIC) | Children | Migrant children vs. children of the general population: 9% vs. 14.6%. | n/a | \(\downarrow\) |
Brandenberger et al. (2020) [56] | Switzerland (HIC) | Children | Asylum seeking children vs. non-asylum seeking children: 25% vs. 10%. | n/a | \(\uparrow\) |
Abdulla et al. (2020) [52] | US (HIC) | Mothers of preterm infants | Infants of immigrant mothers vs. infants of US natives: 13% vs. 8%. | n/a | \(\uparrow\) |
Huynh et al. (2023) [53] | US (HIC) | No sub-population considered | n/a | Undocumented patients vs. MediCal patients OR: 1.05 (0.80-1.38). | = |
Leaving the hospital against medical advice | |||||
Chan et al. (2021)[72] | Singapore (HIC) | No sub-population considered | Foreign workers vs. general population: 11.3% vs. 4.3%. | n/a | \(\uparrow\) |
Al-Hajj et al. (2021) [71] | Lebanon (MIC) | Individuals presenting with an injury | Refugees vs. Lebanese natives (5.6% vs. 2.8%). | n/a | \(\uparrow\) |