Comparison of perceived and modelled geographical access to accident and emergency departments: a cross-sectional analysis from the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Study

Table 2 Modelled drive-time and correlation coefficients for associations with perceived accessibility

Variable	Variable categories	N	Median drive-time (interquartile range) in minutes	Rank correlation coefficient r
Perceived hospital accessibility	1 (best perceived access)	1590	7.9 (4.7–11.8)	-
	2	2695	11.1 (8.1–14.0)	-
	3	3226	12.6 (10.0–15.1)	-
	3	3226	12.6 (10.0–15.1)	-
	4	2474	13.9 (11.2–15.8)	-
	5 (poorest perceived access)	1868	14.6 (11.8–16.4)	-
All respondents		11853	12.6 (9.3–14.9)	0.38
	Male	5270		0.38
	Female	6583		0.38
Age (years)	18–24	832	12.6 (9.3–14.9)	0.36
	25–34	1686		0.32
	35–44	2078		0.38
	45–54	2303		0.42
	55–64	2040		0.45
	65–74	1738		0.36
	75+	1176		0.38
Household income (annual)	Low	1207	12.4 (9.3–15.0)	0.39
	Medium	4499	12.6 (9.3–15.0)	0.37
	High	5280	11.9 (9.1–14.8)	0.41
No car quintile	1 (lowest proportion with no car)	2212	11.2 (7.3–14.6)	0.47
	2	2723	12.0 (9.3–15.0)	0.39
	3	2600	12.6 (10.0–14.9)	0.34
	4	2424	13.9 (11.6–15.5)	0.33
	5 (highest proportion with no car)	2133	12.3 (9.3–14.7)	0.39
Perceived public transport access	1 (very well placed)	5140	11.7 (8.5–14.7)	0.41
	2	3114	12.4 (9.3–14.9)	0.37
	3	2204	13.0 (10.3–15.3)	0.31
	4	744	13.3 (10.7–15.7)	0.31
	5 (not at all well placed)	472	12.6 (11.4–16.4)	0.25
Injury	Yes	828	12.3 (9.3–15.0)	0.46
	No	10830	12.3 (9.3–14.9)	0.38

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