From: Multilingual competencies among ambulatory care providers in three German Federal States
Total | Population density | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural | Semi-dense | Urban | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
Family Medicine | 11,358 (23.9) | 7,389 (28.5) | 2,319 (19.5) | 1,650 (17) | <0.001 |
Internal Medicine | 8,585 (18.1) | 4,798 (18.5) | 2,233 (18.8) | 1,554 (16) | <0.001 |
Psychotherapy & Counseling | 7,369 (15.5) | 3,115 (12) | 1,940 (16.3) | 2,314 (23.8) | <0.001 |
Gynecology & Obstetrics | 3,401 (7.2) | 1,761 (6.8) | 951 (8) | 689 (7.1) | <0.001 |
Ophthalmology | 3,014 (6.3) | 1,584 (6.1) | 750 (6.3) | 680 (7) | 0.010 |
Pediatric Counseling & Psychiatry | 2,350 (4.9) | 1,208 (4.7) | 614 (5.2) | 528 (5.4) | 0.073 |
Pediatrics | 2,104 (4.4) | 1,158 (4.5) | 582 (4.9) | 364 (3.7) | <0.001 |
Dermatology | 1,093 (2.3) | 525 (2) | 312 (2.6) | 256 (2.6) | <0.001 |
Urology | 1,018 (2.1) | 565 (2.2) | 274 (2.3) | 179 (1.8) | 0.044 |
Orthopedics & Trauma surgery | 2,983 (6.3) | 1,644 (6.4) | 782 (6.6) | 557 (5.7) | 0.018 |
Neurology | 852 (1.8) | 386 (1.5) | 245 (2.1) | 221 (2.3) | <0.001 |
Otolaryngology | 898 (1.9) | 393 (1.5) | 225 (1.9) | 280 (2.9) | <0.001 |
Surgery | 1,161 (2.4) | 719 (2.8) | 262 (2.2) | 180 (1.9) | <0.001 |
Psychiatry | 1,317 (2.8) | 638 (2.5) | 409 (3.4) | 270 (2.8) | <0.001 |
Total | 47,503 (100) | 25,883 (100) | 11,898 (100) | 9,722 (100) | |
Additional spoken Languages | |||||
None | 33,080 (69.6) | 17,413 (67.28) | 7191 (60.44) | 8,476 (87.18) | <0.001 |
1 | 7,340 (15.5) | 4,449 (17.19) | 2260 (18.99) | 631 (6.49) | |
2 or more | 7,083 (14.9) | 4,021 (15.54) | 2447 (20.57) | 615 (6.33) | |
English | 13,569 (28.6) | 8,022 (30.99) | 4373 (36.75) | 1,174 (12.08) | <0.001 |
French | 4,705 (9.9) | 2,544 (9.83) | 1752 (14.73) | 409 (4.21) | <0.001 |
Middle East languages | 645 (1.4) | 344 (1.33) | 258 (2.17) | 43 (0.44) | <0.001 |