Utilization of In-Hospital Care among Foreign-Born Compared to Native Swedes 1987–1999

Table 3

Number of days in hospital (mean) at the two latest admissions to a hospital for deceased persons 1987–1999 in four ICD groups stratified for gender.

	Foreign-born men		wedish-born men			Foreign-born women		Swedish-born women
Diagnosis					𝑃 value					𝑃 value
	𝑛	Days in hospital; (range)	𝑛	Days in hospital; (range)		𝑛	Days in hospital; (range)	𝑛	Days in hospital; (range)
Neoplasm	7646	30.6; (0, 1438)	8424	30.8; (0, 1305)	0.313	7726	35.5; (0, 1625)	8227	35.6; (0, 3211)	0.362
Diseases of the circ. syst.	11 614	33.4; (0, 2193)	13 156	34.8; (0, 1980)	0.000	12 222	62.3; (0, 2532)	12 886	57.5; (0, 2253)	0.297
Injury and poisoning	933	27.2; (0, 2474)	996	26.2; (0, 1091)	0.000	672	38.9; (0, 1632)	675	35.3; (0, 808)	0.001
Signs and ill-defined conditions	426	26.3; (0, 1539)	214	41.0; (0, 1671)	0.001	448	83.3; (0, 1775)	362	100.1; (0, 1673)	0.014