Table 2. Subjective social determinants and association to forgoing health care.
| All patients | Access to health care | |||
| N = 2,026 | Did forgo health care n = 216 | Did not forgo health care n = 1,810 | p-value | |
| Material deprivation factors | ||||
| Difficulties paying bills | 25.8% (523) | 74.1% (160) | 20.1% (363) | P<0.001 |
| Need to borrow money for daily expenses | 13.8% (279) | 44.0% (95) | 10.2% (184) | P<0.001 |
| Scared of losing housing | 4.7% (96) | 14.8% (32) | 3.5% (64) | P<0.001 |
| Can't afford clothes | 17.4% (353) | 54.6% (118) | 13.0% (235) | P<0.001 |
| Can't afford furniture | 19.3% (392) | 56.9% (123) | 14.9% (269) | P<0.001 |
| Not enough to eat at home | 5.7% (115) | 18.5% (40) | 4.1% (75) | P<0.001 |
| Difficulties reimbursing loan(s) | 14.1% (286) | 47.2% (102) | 10.2% (184) | P<0.001 |
| Social deprivation factors | ||||
| No holidays | 39.5% (800) | 63.9% (138) | 36.6% (662) | P<0.001 |
| No evening(s) spent with family or friends | 16.3% (331/2,020) | 35.2% (76) | 14.1% (255) | P<0.001 |
| No cultural activities | 50.0% (1,013) | 70.8% (153) | 47.5% (860) | P<0.001 |
| No access to the Internet | 25.8% (523) | 22.7% (49) | 26.2% (474) | P = 0.263 |
| No one to turn to for material support | 32.1% (644) | 46.5% (100) | 30.4% (544) | P<0.001 |
| Health deprivation factors | ||||
| Physical handicap | 21.4% (433) | 28.2% (61) | 20.5% (372) | P = 0.005 |
| Psychic handicap | 16.9% (342) | 31.9% (69) | 15.1% (273) | P<0.001 |
| Addiction | 5.3% (108) | 8.8% (19) | 4.9% (89) | P = 0.016 |
| Subjective social status | ||||
| Patient's evaluation | P<0.001 | |||
| 8–10 (highest) | 19.1% (387) | 4.2% (9) | 20.9% (378) | |
| 6–7 | 34.9% (706) | 16.7% (36) | 37.0% (670) | |
| 4–5 | 35.0% (710) | 47.7% (103) | 33.5% (607) | |
| 1–3 (lowest) | 8.5% (173) | 26.8% (58) | 6.4% (115) | |
| Missing | 2.5% (50) | 4.6% (10) | 2.2% (40) | P = 0.030 |
| Physician's evaluation | P<0.001 | |||
| 8–10 (highest) | 32.6% (661) | 19.4% (42) | 34.2% (619) | |
| 6–7 | 33.2% (672) | 31.0% (67) | 33.4% (605) | |
| 4–5 | 22.7% (459) | 29.6% (64) | 21.8% (395) | |
| 1–3 (lowest) | 10.4% (210) | 18.1% (39) | 9.5% (171) | |
| Missing | 1.2% (24) | 1.9% (4) | 1.1% (20) | P = 0.338 |
| Health | ||||
| EQ5DEurope | P<0.001 | |||
| 100 (perfect health) | 20.1% (407) | 8.8% (19) | 21.4% (388) | |
| 75–99 | 31.3% (635) | 24.1% (52) | 32.2% (583) | |
| 50–74 | 37.0% (749) | 48.1% (104) | 35.6% (645) | |
| <50 | 9.4% (191) | 16.2% (35) | 8.6% (156) | |
| Missing | 2.2% (44) | 2.8% (6) | 2.1% (28) | P = 0.183 |
| VAS value EQ5D | P<0.001 | |||
| 76–100 | 41.3% (836) | 29.6% (64) | 42.7% (772) | |
| 51–75 | 31.4% (637) | 31.9% (69) | 31.4% (568) | |
| 26–50 | 21.5% (436) | 28.7% (62) | 20.7% (374) | |
| 0–25 | 2.4% (49) | 4.6% (10) | 2.1% (39) | |
| Missing | 3.4% (68) | 5.1% (11) | 3.1% (57) | P = 0.134 |