Table 3 Access to care and readmission outcomes by societal SSS
From: An exploration of the subjective social status construct in patients with acute coronary syndrome
|  | Low Societal SSS N = 518, n (%) | High Societal SSS N = 572, n (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No family doctor |  | 107 (20.9) | 80 (14.1) | < 0.01 |
Difficulty accessing cardiologist | Â | 61 (15.8) | 68 (15.4) | 0.92 |
Difficulty getting routine care | Â | 101 (20.6) | 104 (19.7) | 0.76 |
Barriers in getting routine carea | Difficulty contacting physician | 33 (27.1) | 33 (29.5) | 0.77 |
Difficulty getting appt | 67 (54.5) | 69 (61.6) | 0.29 | |
No GP | 30 (25.0) | 23 (20.5) | 0.44 | |
Waited too long to get appt | 41 (33.9) | 40 (35.4) | 0.89 | |
Long in office wait | 37 (30.8) | 31 (27.4) | 0.67 | |
Transportation | 10 (8.3) | 1 (0.9) | 0.01 | |
Cost | 4 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.12 | |
Information | 7 (5.8) | 6 (5.4) | 1.00 | |
Unable to leave house | 11 (9.2) | 1 (0.9) | 0.01 | |
Other | 8 (8.3) | 3 (3.1) | 0.213 | |
Health affected by lack of access | Â | 153 (38.4) | 129 (29.7) | 0.01 |
Readmission within 1 year b | All Cause | 64 (13.0) | 53 (9.6) | 0.10 |
Cardiac | 45 (9.1) | 28 (5.1) | 0.02 | |