title: The association between subjective socioeconomic status and health inequity in victims of occupational accidents in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to investigate the health inequity of victims of occupational accidents through the association between socioeconomic status and unmet healthcare need.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the first and second Panel Study of Workers' Compensation Insurance were used, which included 1,803 participants. The odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals for the unmet healthcare needs of participants with a lower socioeconomic status and other socioeconomic statuses were investigated using multivariate regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among all participants, 103 had unmet healthcare needs, whereas 1,700 did not. After adjusting for sex, age, smoking, alcohol, chronic disease, recuperation duration, accident type, disability, and economic participation, the odds ratio of unmet healthcare needs in participants with a lower socioeconomic status was 2.04 (95% confidence interval 1.32-3.15) compared to participants with other socioeconomic statuses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The victims of occupational accidents who have a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have unmet healthcare needs in comparison to those with other socioeconomic statuses.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Hongdeok
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.forename: Jin-Ha
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jaehoon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Jihyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeong-Kwang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Wanhyung
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeongbae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rhie
authors.forename: Jong-Uk
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012044:Regression Analysis; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012923:Social Class