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. 2013 Apr 5;26(5):314–318. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(00)78671-9

Características sociodemográficas y utilización de servicios sanitarios por la población inmigrante residente en un área de la Comunidad de Madrid

Social and demographic characteristics of the immigrant population residing in a health district in the community of madrid and their use of health services

B Sanz 1, AM Torres 1,*, R Schumacher 1
PMCID: PMC7675794  PMID: 11100601

Abstract

Objective

To describe the social and demographic characteristics of the immigrant population residing in a health district and their use of health services.

Participants

Immigrant population with papers or otherwise living in the area under study.

Setting

Health District 6 in the Community of Madrid.

Measurements and main results

Individual interviews with 300 immigrants chosen by twostage conglomerate sampling. Average age was 32.6 (95% CI, 31.6–33.7) with 6.6 years living in Spain. 30.9% (CI, 24.3–35.9) lived in a situation of administrative and healthcoverage irregularity. One of every five people had neither running water nor rubbish collection. The main health problems arising were muscular pains (69%; CI, 63.9–74.1), upper respiratory path ailments (40.3%; CI, 33.9–46.7) and accidents (27.3%; CI, 16.9–37.7). Health centres (64.5%; CI, 56.7–72.3) were used in preference to other services, with emergency being almost the only path into hospital admission.

Conclusions

The immigrant population has lived in this area for a long time, despite living in adverse conditions in administrative and health terms. The public health service through INSALUD is the principal provider of health services to immigrants.

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