Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Public Health and Welfare, P.O. Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun 15;22(1):781. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08155-3.
Many European studies have shown migrants to be less satisfied with health care and find it less accessible than the general populations. The aim of this study was to compare satisfaction with access to health care between migrants from different regions of origin and the general population of Finland.
This study uses data from two comprehensive survey samples on health and wellbeing of the foreign-born and the general population living in Finland. Three aspects of satisfaction with health care access were measured and predicted by region of origin using logistic regression.
Foreign-born population was slightly more dissatisfied with all aspects of the access to health care as compared to the general population. In all aspects of access, migrants from the Middle East and Africa were least likely to be satisfied.
As the satisfaction with access was lowest among migrant groups which are likely to have higher needs for at least some health services in comparison to the general population, these results are alarming. More research is needed to identify the potential development points in the health care system of Finland.
许多欧洲研究表明，移民对医疗保健的满意度较低，并且认为其可及性不如一般人群。本研究旨在比较来自不同原籍地区的移民与芬兰一般人群对医疗保健获取的满意度。
本研究使用了两项关于芬兰出生的外国人和一般人群健康和幸福感的综合调查样本的数据。使用逻辑回归按原籍地区衡量并预测了对医疗保健获取的三个方面的满意度。
与一般人群相比，外国出生的人口对医疗保健获取的所有方面都略感不满。在获取的所有方面中，来自中东和非洲的移民最不可能感到满意。
由于与一般人群相比，移民群体对至少某些卫生服务的需求可能更高，因此他们对获取的满意度最低，这些结果令人震惊。需要进一步研究以确定芬兰医疗保健系统的潜在发展点。
