Does healthcare inequity reflect variations in peoples’ abilities to access healthcare? Results from a multi-jurisdictional interventional study in two high-income countries

Table 6 Likelihood of experiencing problematic access¹

	Difficulty getting needed care OR (95% CI)	Forgone care due to difficulty OR (95% CI)	Use of ER due to difficulty OR (95% CI)	Any ER use OR (95% CI)
Sum of access abilities	0.41 (0.30; 0.55)	0.46 (0.32; 0.65)	0.71 (0.49; 1.03)	0.90 (0.70; 1.15) n.s
Sum of social vulnerabilities	0.89 (0.58; 1.34) n.s	1.21 (0.76; 1.92) n.s	1.77 (1.07; 2.94)	1.92 (1.32; 2.78)
Chronic illness burden	1.50 (0.99; 2.27) p = 0.054	1.79 (1.09; 2.95)	2.15 (1.22; 3.77)	1.52 (1.05; 2.18)
Age, in decades	0.76 (0.61; 0.96)	0.73 (0.56; 0.94)	0.71 (0.53; 0.95)	0.85 (0.69; 1.04) n.s

¹ Results of multivariable logistic regression models with both sum of access abilities and sum of social vulnerabilities, controlling for age and chronic illness burden
Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, ER emergency room, OR odds ratio

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