Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyUsage of GP services was similar in the AITHS and INSIGHT ‘07 populations, although usage of hospitalservices and in particular usage of A & E is considerably higher amongst the Travellers (Table 264).Table 264: Services used in the last 12 months, in AITHS and INSIGHT ‘07Travellers (ROI) Travellers (NI) INSIGHT ‘07Medical cardholdersMale(n=932)Hospital inpatientFemale(n=1,029)Male(n=216)Female(n=189)Male(n=542)Female(n=751)INSIGHT ‘07 generalpopulationMale(n=1,700)Female(n=1,817)Once 15.6% 15.0% 8.2% 13.8% 10.0% 11.4% 6.7% 10.1%More than 9.5% 11.5% 7.2% 2.2% 7.6% 6.0% 3.5% 4.1%onceHospital day patientOnce 13.5% 11.9% 9.6% 11.3% 8.6% 8.5% 5.8% 6.7%More than 8.2% 11.5% 3.3% 1.7% 6.5% 4.6% 3.0% 3.1%onceHospital outpatientOnce 15.7% 14.9% 10.0% 18.7% 8.2% 9.6% 8.7% 7.3%More than 16.0% 18.6% 10.0% 12.6% 15.0% 13.4% 9.2% 7.5%onceA & EOnce 19.0% 14.3% 18.9% 23.9% 5.3% 9.9% 9.1% 7.7%More than 13.3% 12.8% 11.8% 12.5% 4.1% 4.5% 2.8% 3.1%onceGeneral practitionerOnce 18.1% 12.9% 15.3% 17.5% 14.0% 12.7% 20.1% 16.3%More thanonce53.1% 66.6% 41.7% 56.1% 59.4% 63.1% 40.5% 55.0%Comparisons were made between the experiences of healthcare services (hospital as an inpatientor outpatient, A & E and GP services) in the AITHS survey, and the available data items in INSIGHT ‘07relating to experiences of hospital inpatient and outpatient services, and of GP services (Table 265).Clearly, measures of satisfaction with the quality of health service care are appreciably higher in theINSIGHT ‘07 group than in the Traveller group. It would appear that Traveller respondents either perceiveor actually do experience a poorer quality of healthcare service than do the general Irish public.224