Emergency hospital services utilization in Lleida (Spain): A cross-sectional study of immigrant and Spanish-born populations

Table 3 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of hospital admission from emergency room visits, by country of origin. Arnau de Vilanova Hospital (Lleida, Spain), 2004–2005.

	Men		Women		Women (excluding gynecologic and obstetric diagnoses)
Country of origin	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Latin American	0.68	0.54–0.85	0.76	0.68–0.84	0.71	0.60–0.83
East Europe	1.02	0.85–1.22	1.27	1.15–1.41	1.01	0.87–1.18
Maghreb	0.48	0.41–0.56	1.65	1.51–1.81	1.27	1.10–1.46
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.74	0.60–0.90	1.50	1.33–1.70	1.52	1.28–1.82
Other low-income countries	0.32	0.14–0.72	1.94	1.43–2.64	2.24	1.48–3.40
High-income countries	0.75	0.55–1.02	0.69	0.53–0.91	0.77	0.54–1.09
All immigrants (except high-income countries)	0.65	0.59–0.72	1.25	1.18–1.32	1.06	0.97–1.15

OR and 95% CI were obtained using multivariate logistic regression models with age as a covariate. The reference group was Spanish-born.

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