Table 1
Utilisation of health services by immigrants who reported having been ill in Spain the last time they felt ill
| The last time ill | OR (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sought medical care Number (%) | Did not seek medical care Number % | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male1-150 | 95 (75) | 32 (25) | 1.9 (1.3, 2.7) | ||
| Female | 64 (61) | 40 (39) | |||
| Origin | |||||
| Morroco1-150 | 111 (81) | 26 (19) | 4.1 (2.0, 6.8) | ||
| Others† | 48 (51) | 46 (49) | |||
| Administrative status | |||||
| Legal1-150 | 123 (78) | 36 (22) | 3.4 (1.9, 6.1) | ||
| Illegal | 36 (50) | 36 (50) | |||
| Education | |||||
| No education1-150 | 27 (93) | 2 (1) | 1 | ||
| Basic education | 100 (71) | 41 (29) | 0.2 (0.4, 0.8) | ||
| Higher education | 29 (52) | 27 (48) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.4) | ||
| Literacy in Spanish | |||||
| Yes1-150 | 90 (63) | 53 (37) | 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) | ||
| No | 67 (78) | 19 (22) | |||
| Lives with family | |||||
| Yes1-150 | 122 (67) | 60 (33) | 0.7 (0.2, 2.4) | ||
| No | 35 (75) | 12 (26) | |||
| Self perceived health status | |||||
| Good1-150 | 55 (61) | 35 (39) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) | ||
| Poor | 104 (73) | 37 (27) | |||
| Past problems with health service | |||||
| Yes1-150 | 46 (71) | 20 (29) | 1.1 (0.6, 1.8) | ||
| No | 111 (68) | 52 (32) | |||
| Ever denied medical assistance | |||||
| Yes1-150 | 30 (65) | 16 (35) | 0.8 (0.4, 1.6) | ||
| No | 127 (70) | 56 (30) | |||
| Severity of illness | |||||
| Small1-150 | 86 (61) | 54 (39) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) | ||
| Moderate/severe | 71 (83) | 16 (17) | |||
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↵1-150 The first category of each variable has always been used as the reference category in the calculation of the ORs. †"Others” category includes: Dominican Republic (38), Peru (26), Ecuador (22), Colombia (12), and other countries represented by less than three persons (Philippines, Rumania, Mexico, Brasil, Chile, China, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde Island, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Mauritania and Poland).
