TABLE 2.
Evaluation of emergency according to paediatric hospital and migratory status
| Institution |
Level of emergency (1 = highest, 5 = lowest)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Hospital 1 (Montreal, Quebec) | |||||
| Refugee claimants, n=257 | 3 (1.2) | 34 (13.3) | 78 (30.6) | 102 (40.0) | 38 (14.9) |
| Uninsured (immigrants, undocumented and ‘grey zone’), n=159 | 2 (1.3) | 21 (14.0) | 36 (240) | 60 (400) | 31 (207) |
| Hospital population, n=78,244 | 69 (0.1) | 7405 (9.5) | 20,395 (261) | 42,837 (547) | 7538 (96) |
| Hospital 2 (Montreal, Quebec) | |||||
| Refugee claimants, n=321 | 0 (0.0) | 7 (22) | 68 (212) | 197 (614) | 49 (153) |
| Uninsured (immigrants, undocumented and ‘grey zone’), n=355 | 4 (14) | 20 (72) | 76 (272) | 149 (534) | 30 (108) |
| Hospital population, n=60,239 | 530 (09) | 4629 (77) | 18,331 (304) | 30,331 (504) | 6418 (107) |
| Hospital 3 (Toronto, Ontario)* | |||||
| Refugee claimants, n=326 | 0 (0.0) | 36 (11.0) | 142 (43.6) | 135 (41.4) | 13 (4.0) |
| Uninsured (immigrants, undocumented and ‘grey zone’), n=272 | 3 (1.1) | 39 (14.7) | 120 (45.3) | 93 (35.1) | 10 (3.8) |
| Hospital population, n=51,927 | 224 (0.4) | 10,992 (21.2) | 24,666 (47.5) | 14,951 (28.8) | 1094 (2.1) |
| Total | |||||
| Refugee claimants | 3 (0.3) | 77 (8.5) | 288 (31.9) | 434 (48.1) | 100 (11.1) |
| Uninsured (immigrants, undocumented and ‘grey zone’) | 9 (1.3) | 80 (11.5) | 232 (33.4) | 302 (43.5) | 71 (10.2) |
| P | ≤0.01 | ≤0.05 | NS | NS | NS |
Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.
*
Triage data were available for 598 files for hospital 3. NS Not significant