Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of emergency department visits and admissions by asylum-seeking and non-asylum-seeking patients in 2016–2017

Characteristics	Visits by asylum-seeking patients				Visits by non-asylum-seeking patients
	Admissionsn = 149		Outpatient EDn = 297		Admissionsn = 11′645			Outpatient EDn = 63′108
	N	IQR/ %	N	IQR/%	N		IQR/%	N	IQR/%
Median age	4	0–13	5	1–11	4		0–11	5	2–10
Male gender	88	59	175	59	6′456		55	34′416	55
Most frequent nationalities:
Eritrea	34	23	48	16	Switzerland	7612	65	35′776	57
Afghanistan	26	17	40	13	Germany	916	8	4005	6
Syria	24	16	59	20	Italy	377	3	2475	4
Somalia	11	7	20	7	Turkey	363	3	3446	5
Iraq	9	6	17	6	Kosovo	331	3	2389	4
Missing data	1	1	4	1	Missing data	4	0	4	0
Other	44	30	109	37	Other	1991	17	15′013	24
Average days admitted	4	2–7	na	na	3		2–6	na	na
Admitted by					Admitted by
ED	97	65	na	na	ED	7013	60	na	na
Referral	30	20	na	na	Referral	3223	28	na	na
Transfer other hospital	22	15	na	na	Transfer other hospital	1409	12	na	na
Missing	0	0

ED Emergency department, na not applicable