Health Service Use Among Migrants in the German National Cohort-The Role of Birth Region and Language Skills

• Main Authors: Christian Wiessner (Author), Sara Licaj (Author), Jens Klein (Author), Barbara Bohn (Author), Tilman Brand (Author), Stefanie Castell (Author), Amand Führer (Author), Volker Harth (Author), Margit Heier (Author), Jana-Kristin Heise (Author), Bernd Holleczek (Author), Stefanie Jaskulski (Author), Carmen Jochem (Author), Lena Koch-Gallenkamp (Author), Lilian Krist (Author), Michael Leitzmann (Author), Wolfgang Lieb (Author), Claudia Meinke-Franze (Author), Rafael Mikolajczyk (Author), Ilais Moreno Velásquez (Author), Nadia Obi (Author), Tobias Pischon (Author), Sabine Schipf (Author), Sigrid Thierry (Author), Stefan N. Willich (Author), Hajo Zeeb (Author), Heiko Becher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To compare health service use (HSU) between migrants and non-migrants in Germany.Methods: Using data from the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO), we compared the HSU of general practitioners, medical specialists, and psychologists/psychiatrists between six migrant groups of di...