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Table 4 Number and percentage of hospital discharges by discharge service with the odds ratio (OR) and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) for foreign citizens from low-income countries (FCLICs) and high-income countries (FCHICs) compared with autochthonous citizens (ACs)

From: Hospital admissions in Alicante (Spain): a comparative analysis of foreign citizens from high-income countries, immigrants from low-income countries, and Spanish citizens

 

Origin of citizens

N

%

OR

(95% CI)

AOR

(95% CI)

Medicine

ACs

21,275

55.1

1

-

1

-

 

FCHICs

709

56.1

1.04

(0.93-1.16)

1.02

(0.91-1.15)

 

FCLICs

998

33.8

0.42

(0.38-0.45)

0.79

(0.73-0.87)

Surgery

ACs

9,293

24.1

1

-

1

-

 

FCHICs

346

27.4

1.19

(1.05-1.35)

1.14

(1.01-1.23)

 

FCLICs

682

23.1

0.95

(0.87-1.04)

1.01

(0.92-1.11)

Gynecology

ACs

5,053

13.1

1

-

1

-

 

FCHICs

135

10.7

0.79

(0.63-0.95)

0.84

(0.68-1.04)

 

FCLICs

1,087

36.8

3.87

(3.57-4.19)

1.46

(1.31-1.62)

Traumatology

ACs

2,999

7.8

1

-

1

-

 

FCHICs

74

5.9

0.74

(0.58-0.94)

0.75

(0.59-0.95)

 

FCLICs

188

6.4

0.81

(0.69-0.94)

0.88

(0.75-1.03)