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Impact of immigration on the cost of emergency visits in Barcelona (Spain) |
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| Authors: | Francesc Cots Xavier Castells Oscar García Marta Riu Aida Felipe Oriol Vall |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department, Institut Municipal d'Assistncia Sanitria (IMAS), Health Services Evaluation and Clinical Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain;(2) Health Services Research Unit, IMIM-IMAS, Barcelona, Spain;(3) Paediatric Service, Institut Municipal d'Assistncia Sanitria (IMAS), Barcelona, Spain;(4) Childhood and Environment Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigaci Mdica (IMIM-IMAS), Barcelona, Spain;(5) Departament de Pediatria, Obstetrcia i Ginecologia i Medicina Preventiva, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain |
| Abstract: | BackgroundThe impact of immigration on health services utilisation has been analysed by several studies performed in countries with lower levels of immigration than Spain. These studies indicate that health services utilisation is lower among the immigrant population than among the host population and that immigrants tend to use hospital emergency services at the expense of primary care. We aimed to quantify the relative over-utilisation of emergency services in the immigrant population. |
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