Frequency of attending primary care clinics by the immigrant versus autochthonous population

To study the frequency of attendance in primary care of immigrant population compared to autochthonous one. To analyse differences in health services use according to geographical origin. A retrospective descriptive study was carried out. All Family Medicine and Paediatrics consultations were analysed using the electronic medical record. Retrospective descriptive study. We analysed all the medicine and paediatrics appointments data from the electronic medical record. Urban Health Centre, Zaragoza. All patients with an appointment at the Health Centre during a one year period. Is in line with the reference population with health cards by sex and age. Direct standardisation was performed to avoid differences due to different population distribution. Number of visits annually to the doctor, on the basis of national origin, sex and age. We analysed 110,046 adult consultations (based on a population of 20,675 inhabitants, 20% of immigrants) and 17,647 paediatric consultations (based on 2,452 children, 29% of immigrants). Adjusted annual consultation ratio of Spanish patients was higher than that of the immigrant population (7.1 consultations vs 4.8 in children, and 4.7 vs 2.8 in adults) (P