title: Immigration and neurological diseases: a longitudinal study in an acute neurological care.
abstract: Very few data exist on causes and outcomes of hospitalization of immigrants in Italy. Even though immigration is a real challenge for the western countries, we are still unaware of how it reflects on the costs and the management of an acute care department. This study was aimed to compare the patterns of hospital use by immigrants incoming to the Acute Care Department of Neurology in Brescia, Italy, with those of the resident Italian people. The study was based on the hospital discharge data. Discharges of immigrants were compared to those of a random selection of Italian patients matched by age and sex. The length of the study period was of 2.5 years. A similar pattern of hospital use by age was observed between foreigners and Italian patients; however, average length of hospitalization was significantly longer in immigrant population.
authors: Neurological Department, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. rinaldi.fabrizio@alice.it
authors: Fabrizio
authors: F
authors: Rinaldi
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Liberini
authors: Renata
authors: R
authors: Rao
authors: Elisabetta
authors: E
authors: Venturelli
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Gipponi
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Pari
authors: Eluisa
authors: E
authors: Sapia
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Padovani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases