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Table 2 Percentage of emergency visits by ILIC with costs showing significant differences (higher or lower)* from those made by Spanish-born residents + IHIC, grouped by gender, age and speciality.

From: Impact of immigration on the cost of emergency visits in Barcelona (Spain)

 

Males

Females

Total

Lower resource consumption

   

Medicine

87.8

98.0

92.5

Traumatology

87.3

89.1

87.9

Surgery

0.0

6.6

2.2

Paediatrics

2.9

0.0

1.6

Total Lower resource consumption

55.5

32.8

42.4

Higher resource consumption

   

Gynaecology

-

98.8

98.8

Total Higher resource consumption

0.0

47.7

27.5

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. ILIC = immigrants from low-income countries
  3. IHIC = immigrants from high-income countries