Health services utilisation disparities between English speaking and non-English speaking background Australian infants

Table 1 Distribution of health services utilisation by language background and mothers' limited English proficiency (%) ^†

Types of health services	Language background			Mothers' LEP^‡
	ESB^‡ (n = 3700)	NESB^‡ (n = 374)	p-value	Very well (n = 3826)	Well (n = 110)	Not well/not at all (n = 71)	p-value
Mean visits to any service below (± SE)	3.1(0.03)	2.6(0.10)	<0.001**	3.1 (0.03)	2.4 (0.18)	2.1 (0.22)	<0.001**
Maternal and child health centre or phone help	58.8	45.4	<0.001**	58.3	45.7	36.9	<0.001**
Maternal and child health nurse visits	68.3	55.2	<0.001**	68.1	55.5	44.6	<0.001**
General practitioner	82.4	69.9	<0.001**	82.1	69.8	55.2	<0.001**
Hospital outpatient clinic	9.8	7.2	0.15	9.6	9.2	8.6	0.94
Other medical or dental services	8.9	10.6	0.35	8.9	10.4	9.8	0.83
Hospital emergency ward	21.5	21	0.86	21.4	14.6	25.1	0.35
Hospitalisation	9.7	9.6	0.36	9.6	11.5	12.5	0.58
Paediatrician	39.3	25.9	<0.001**	39.2	18.1	9.9	<0.01**
Other specialist	12.2	11.8	0.83	12.2	7.1	10.7	0.29

^†The proportions were weighted for survey data. ^‡ ESB = English speaking background; NESB = non-English speaking background, LEP = limited English proficiency.
** Significant at 1%.

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