[Health services utilization by the immigrant population in Spain]. / La utilización de los servicios sanitarios por la población inmigrante en España.
Gac Sanit
; 23 Suppl 1: 4-11, 2009 Dec.
Article
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| ID: mdl-19467739
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare health services utilization between the immigrant and indigenous populations in Spain.METHODS:
We used information provided by the following four health surveys carried out around 2005 Catalonia 2005; city of Madrid 2005, Canary Islands 2004 and the Autonomous Community of Valencia 2005. The health services studied were general practice, specialist services, emergency services, hospitalization, and two preventive services pap smear test and mammography.RESULTS:
In general, most health services were less frequently used by the immigrant population than by the Spanish population. The health services showing the least differences between the two populations were general practice and hospitalization, while the greatest differences were found in the use of specialist and preventive services. The most heterogeneous results were found in general practice and hospitalization, since some immigrant groups showed a relatively high frequency of use in some geographical areas and a relatively low frequency in other areas.CONCLUSION:
The results of the present study reproduce those found in other studies carried out in countries with similar social and economic characteristics to Spain. Like previous results, the present results are difficult to explain. Future research should aim to use other study designs and to test hypotheses not put forward by the scientific community to date.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Emigrantes e Imigrantes
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Serviços de Saúde
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Gac Sanit
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article