Table 3.

Group differences in health care utilization

	Swiss	Immigrants
		overall	1st generation	2nd generation	culturally different	culturally similar
Pr(doctor visit)	0.782	0.740***	0.736***	0.773	0.686***	0.771
		(0.450)	(0.452)	(0.439)	(0.472)	(0.418)
Pr(ED visit)	0.115	0.140***	0.135**	0.178***	0.135	0.143***
		(0.356)	(0.350)	(0.392)	(0.353)	(0.360)
Number of doctor visits if doctor visit	4.22	4.32	4.33	4.25	4.41	4.27
		(4.73)	(4.77)	(4.44)	(4.80)	(4.65)
Number of ED visits if ED visit	1.20	1.27*	1.28*	1.24	1.31*	1.25
		(0.52)	(0.52)	(0.56)	(0.53)	(0.51)
Number of observations	14545	5446	4771	675	2806	2640

Source: SHS 2012, GMM II 2010, own calculations.

Notes: Reported numbers are mean values, and standard deviations are in parentheses. Sample size = 19,991 observations. Only adult population up to 73 years old included. Health care utilization variables refer to past 12 months. Pr: Probability. ED: emergency department. The significance levels refer to the difference between the Swiss and each immigrant group: ^***p<0.001,^**p<0.01, ^*p<0.05.