Re: Emergency Hospital Services Utilization in Lleida (spain): a Cross-sectional Study of Immigrant and Spanish- Born Populations
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Emergency hospital services utilization in Lleida (Spain): A cross-sectional study of immigrant and Spanish-born populations
BACKGROUND The use of emergency hospital services (EHS) has increased steadily in Spain in the last decade while the number of immigrants has increased dramatically. Studies show that immigrants use EHS differently than native-born individuals, and this work investigates demographics, diagnoses and utilization rates of EHS in Lleida (Spain). METHODS Cross-sectional study of all the 96,916 EHS...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008