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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Solé i Auró, Aïda author Guillén, Montserrat author Crimmins, Eileen M. author 2013-01-07T19:37:44Z 2013-01-07T19:37:44Z 2012 2012-12-20T16:08:12Z Differences in health care utilization of immigrants 50 years of age and older relative to the native-born populations in eleven European countries are investigated. Negative binomial and zero-inflated Poisson regression are used to examine differences between immigrants and native-borns in number of doctor visits, visits to general practitioners, and hospital stays using the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe database. In the pooled European sample and in some individual countries, older immigrants use from 13 to 20% more health services than native-borns after demographic characteristics are controlled. After controlling for the need for health care, differences between immigrants and native-borns in the use of physicians, but not hospitals, are reduced by about half. These are not changed much with the incorporation of indicators of socioeconomic status and extra insurance coverage. Higher country-level relative expenditures on health, paying physicians a fee-for-service, and physician density are associated with higher usage of physician services among immigrants. Vellesa Emigració i immigració Serveis sanitaris Old age Emigration and immigration Health services Health care usage among immigrants and native-born elderly populations in eleven European countries: results from SHARE