Table 3.

Effect of patient characteristics on the Composite Access Score: Results of a multi-level mixed-effects linear regression (n = 1469).

VARIABLE	β	Z	P VALUE	95% CI
Older age	.001	2.88	.004	0.000 to 0.001
Birth country outside of Canada	−.008	−2.42	.015	−0.014 to −0.001
Poorer self-reported general health	−.020	−3.29	.001	−0.032 to −0.008
Frequent visits to a doctor	.012	2.63	.009	0.003 to 0.021
Absence of a chronic disease	−.008	−0.08	.422	−0.026 to 0.011
Frequent ED visits	−.006	−1.19	.234	−0.017 to 0.004
Female sex	−.014	−1.59	.112	−0.031 to 0.003
Poorer fluency in English or French	.001	0.28	.777	−0.008 to 0.011
Lower income	−.008	−1.15	.251	−0.021 to 0.006
Lower education	−.005	−0.67	.503	−0.020 to 0.010