Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and health care costs per month over the first twelve months

	Proportion in % n = 2,573	Monthly health care costs in CHF
		Mean	Median	IQR
USMi visit 1st month	34.59	1063	623	[358; 1157]
No USMi visit 1st month	65.41	686	415	[245; 745]
Asylum seeker	86.40	828	478	[288; 873]
Emergency aid recipient	13.60	738	430	[249; 889]
Female	31.17	1074	715	[396; 1223]
Male	68.83	699	408	[256; 702]
Age categories
20 to 24 years	19.43	289	245	[156; 356]
25 to 39 years	56.47	845	514	[319; 939]
40 to 49 years	15.47	1052	626	[388; 1076]
50 to 59 years	4.59	1216	784	[501; 1208]
60 and older	4.04	1587	947	[559; 2009]
Married	30.00	1006	655	[392; 1085]
Not married	70.00	734	415	[252; 750]
Region of origin
Europe	8.47	1831	989	[519; 1849]
Eastern Mediterranean	39.25	692	490	[289; 840]
Africa	44.35	741	423	[267; 776]
Other	5.91	783	449	[283; 778]
Unknown/stateless	2.02	705	410	[235; 811]
Language
French	44.97	852	468	[273; 874]
German, Italian or English	13.91	829	479	[289; 805]
Other language	41.12	772	473	[289; 904]
Region of residence
Haut-Léman	20.60	813	551	[325; 970]
La Côte	13.29	581	372	[226; 645]
Lausanne	48.39	890	463	[272; 889]
Nord Broye	17.72	795	502	[328; 929]
Living in a group lodge	91.22	818	473	[286; 873]
Not living in a group lodge	8.78	791	445	[254; 919]
CHO	4.20	1411	983	[645; 1634]
DM	3.65	1655	989	[592; 1981]
Pain	80.22	894	523	[314; 968]
HYP	8.82	1624	919	[540; 1879]
BAC	50.91	1048	613	[358; 1101]
TUM	0.86	3993	3148	[613; 7131]
PSY	42.01	1147	690	[391; 1224]

Source: own calculations based on data from the RESAMI network

IQR Inter-quartile range (distance between the 25th and 75th percentiles), USMi Migrant Care Unit, CHO High cholesterol, DM Type 1 or 2 diabetes, Pain Pain/inflammation, HYP Hypertension, BAC Parasitosis or bacterial infections, TUM Tumor, PSY Mental disorder