Table 4 Referral rates for further dental care by birth origin
From: Gaps in smiles and services: a cross-sectional study of dental caries in refugee-background children
Total (n = 350) | Overseas-born (n = 241) | Overseas-born African (n = 176) | Overseas-born other (n = 65) | Australian-born (n = 109) | African-born vs Australian-born a) Crude PR, [95% C.I.] b) Adjusted PR, [95% C.I.] | African-born vs other overseas-born a) Crude PR, [95% C.I.] b) Adjusted PR, [95% C.I.] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
No referral | 157 (45.6) | 88 (37.1) | 67 (38.7) | 21 (32.8) | 69 (64.5) | ||
Referral made (total) | 187 (54.4) | 149 (61.8) | 106 (61.3) | 43 (67.2) | 38 (35.5) | a) 1.73, [1.30 – 2.29] b) 1.33, [1.02 – 1.73] | a) 0.91, [0.74-1.12] b) Did not converge |
Referral made to RDH | 148 (43.0) | 113 (47.7) | 83 (48.0) | 30 (46.9) | 35 (32.7) | ||
Referral made to other dental centre | 39 (11.3) | 36 (15.2) | 23 (13.3) | 13 (20.3) | 3 (2.8) | ||
Missing data | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |