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Table 4 Results of a logistic regression model

From: Multi-dimensional vulnerability analysis on catastrophic health expenditure among middle-aged and older adults with chronic diseases in China

Variable (reference)

OR

95% CI of OR

p-value

Age of householder

1.01

0.10–1.02

0.15

Region (East)

Ref

 Central

0.77

0.63–0.93

0.00**

 West

0.78

0.65–0.95

0.01*

Family economic level (The poorest level)

Ref

 Sub-poverty level

0.10

0.78–1.27

0.97

 General level

0.83

0.65–1.07

0.15

 Wealthier level

0.69

0.53–0.89

0.00**

 The wealthiest level

0.87

0.67–1.12

0.27

Household size (Single-person households)

Ref

 Two-person households

1.08

0.85–1.36

0.53

 Cohabitation of three or more persons

0.70

0.51–0.95

0.02*

Whether the householder participates in the labour (No)

Ref

 Yes

0.82

0.69–0.98

0.03*

Household with members aged over 65 years (No)

Ref

 Yes

1.43

1.11–1.84

0.00**

Households with disabled members (No)

Ref

 Yes

1.28

1.07–1.52

0.00**

Householder used outpatient service in the past month (No)

Ref

 Yes

2.16

1.81–2.57

0.00**

Householder used inpatient service in the past year (No)

Ref

 Yes

2.73

2.30–3.24

0.00**

Whether the householder suffers from heart disease (No)

Ref

 Yes

1.12

0.92–1.38

0.27

Whether the householder suffers from stroke (No)

Ref

 Yes

1.32

1.04–1.66

0.02*

Whether the householder suffers from malignant tumour (No)

Ref

 Yes

2.02

1.35–3.00

0.00**

Whether the householder suffers from chronic lung disease (No)

Ref

 Yes

1.14

0.91–1.43

0.27

Whether the householder suffers from diabetes (No)

Ref

 Yes

1.13

0.89–1.43

0.31

Householder participated in medical insurance type (URRBMI)

Ref

 UEBMI

0.49

0.36–0.67

0.00**

 NRCMS

0.92

0.73–1.16

0.47

 URBMI

0.56

0.36–0.89

0.01*

 Other medical insurance (including uninsured)

0.45

0.28–0.70

0.00**

_cons

0.14

 

0.00

Model validation

Chi-square

p-value

Hosmer & Lemeshow test

2.85

0.94

  1. Note: * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01. Sample size: 4097