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Table 4 Adjusted Access and utilization scores of immigrant groups by years since arrival in Canada compared to the Canadian-born adjusted for age, sex, health status and number of years as a patient in the practice

From: Access to primary health care for immigrants: results of a patient survey conducted in 137 primary care practices in Ontario, Canada

 

First Contact Access1% difference from Canadian-born (95% CI)

First Contact Utilization1% difference from Canadian-born (95% CI)

Number of additional health visits in the past year compared to Canadian-born1(95% CI)

0-<5 years

0.1 (-3.3, 3.5)

−0.7 (-2.4,0.9)

5.3 (3.5,7.0) *

5-<10 years

1.6 (-2.0, 5.2)

−0.7 (-2.4, 0.9)

1.2 (-0.6, 2.9)

10-<20 years

−1.6 (-3.8, 0.7)

−0.6 (-1.7,0.5)

1.4 (0.2, 2.6)*

≥20 years

−0.2 (-1.6,1.1)

0.3 (-0.4,0.9)

−0.05 (-7.4, 0.6)

  1. 1 Adjusted for age, sex, health status and number of years in practice.
  2. * Significantly different from the Canadian-born population.
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