Utilisation of health care by ethnic background, as assessed by logistic regression models; the indigenous population is used as the reference category4-150 (odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals; significantly increased odds ratios in italic)
| Surinam (n=139) |
Netherlands Antilles (n=25) | Turkey (n=85) | Morocco (n=129) | |
| General practitioner | ||||
| model 1 | 1.52 (1.00, 2.30) | 0.67 (0.20, 2.26) | 3.07 (1.92, 4.92) | 3.33 (2.26, 4.91) |
| model 2 | 1.31 (0.83, 2.07) | 0.46 (0.12, 1.70) | 1.48 (0.87, 2.53) | 2.25 (1.44, 3.51) |
| model 3 | 1.20 (0.75, 1.92) | 0.44 (0.11, 1.68) | 1.13 (0.64, 1.99) | 1.66 (1.02, 2.71) |
| Prescription drug use | ||||
| model 1 | 1.57 (1.09, 2.26) | 1.13 (0.50, 2.54) | 2.20 (1.38, 3.50) | 2.17 (1.47, 3.18) |
| model 2 | 1.46 (1.00, 2.13) | 1.03 (0.45, 2.40) | 1.50 (0.92, 2.47) | 1.72 (1.14, 2.58) |
| model 3 | 1.43 (0.97, 2.10) | 0.96 (0.41, 2.25) | 1.10 (0.65, 1.85) | 1.39 (0.89, 2.16) |
| Hospital admission | ||||
| model 1 | 1.19 (0.62, 2.29) | 3.71 (1.35, 10.2) | 0.98 (0.38, 2.49) | 1.37 (0.71, 2.66) |
| model 2 | 1.10 (0.57, 2.15) | 3.73 (1.31, 10.6) | 0.65 (0.25, 1.70) | 0.98 (0.49, 1.96) |
| model 3 | 1.07 (0.54, 2.11) | 3.68 (1.26, 10.7) | 0.55 (0.20, 1.48) | 0.78 (0.37, 1.66) |
| Outpatient specialist | ||||
| model 1 | 0.97 (0.51, 1.86) | 1.03 (0.24, 4.43) | 1.22 (0.57, 2.60) | 0.98 (0.50, 1.93) |
| model 2 | 0.89 (0.46, 1.71) | 0.94 (0.21, 4.12) | 0.82 (0.37, 1.79) | 0.74 (0.37, 1.79) |
| model 3 | 0.95 (0.49, 1.86) | 0.91 (0.20, 4.05) | 0.77 (0.34, 1.77) | 0.72 (0.34, 1.52) |
| Physiotherapist | ||||
| model 1 | 1.32 (0.86, 2.02) | 0.42 (0.10, 1.81) | 1.21 (0.69, 2.15) | 0.82 (0.48, 1.38) |
| model 2 | 1.20 (0.77, 1.85) | 0.36 (0.08, 1.61) | 0.75 (0.41, 1.37) | 0.58 (0.33, 1.00) |
| model 3 | 1.25 (0.80, 1.95) | 0.37 (0.08, 1.66) | 0.85 (0.45, 1.59) | 0.67 (0.37, 1.20) |
| Other paramedics | ||||
| model 1 | 1.18 (0.78, 1.79) | 0.56 (0.17, 1.90) | 1.04 (0.59, 1.83) | 0.75 (0.45, 1.25) |
| model 2 | 1.06 (0.69, 1.63) | 0.49 (0.14, 1.72) | 0.63 (0.35, 1.15) | 0.52 (0.30, 0.89) |
| model 3 | 1.11 (0.72, 1.72) | 0.51 (0.14, 1.83) | 0.68 (0.36, 1.26) | 0.57 (0.32, 1.02) |
↵4-150 Model 1: confounders only (age and sex). Model 2: confounders + health status indicators (self rated health, health complaints, days ill in bed, chronic conditions). Model 3: confounders + health status indicators + socioeconomic status indicators (educational and income level, and occupational status).