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. 2016 Feb 29;81(5):857–864. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12879

Table 1.

Health and social key figures regarding 8412 patients attended at Médecins du Monde clinics in seven European countries, 2012 21

1. Health data
No. of medical consultations 10 968
No. of diagnoses 11 921
Diagnoses requiring essential treatment 76%
Most frequent chronic diseases/conditions
Hypertension 7.80%
Diabetes 4.75%
Other (relevant) chronic diseases/conditions
Cancer 0.36%
HIV 0.23%
Chronic diseases of all diagnoses 61%
Patients needing essential treatment that had not received any when being attended at Médecins du Monde clinics >50%
Patients reporting having been denied access to care by a healthcare provider in the last 12 months 20%
Patients having given up seeking health care in the last 12 months 36%
No health coverage at all, fully chargeable 81%
2. Social data
Most common regions of origin by country
Belgium: Magreb 38%
France: Magreb 36%
Germany: European Union 55%
Greece: Greece 49%
Spain: Americas 45%
The Netherlands: Sub Saharan Africa 61%
UK: Asia 56%
Not permitted to reside in the host country 61%
European Union citizens not permitted to reside in the host country 55%
Undocumented migrants from a non‐European Union Member State 50%
Unstable or temporary housing 49%
Have a job or activity to earn a living 25%
Patients needing an interpreter 40%