Table 4.

Predictors of annual patient cost of haemodialysis

Parameter		B	Std. Error	95% CI		Hypothesis Test
Parameter		B	Std. Error	Lower	Upper	Wald Chi-Square	Sig.
	(Intercept)	6.81	0.27	6.27	7.34	618.31	< 0.001
Marital status	Single	0.26	0.25	-0.22	0.74	1.09	0.295
	Married	0.46	0.24	-0.01	0.92	3.73	0.053
	Widowed	0.20	0.27	-0.33	0.73	0.54	0.461
	Divorced/Separated	0^a
Residence	Others	0.55	0.17	0.22	0.87	10.59	0.001 ^*
	Satellite	0.02	0.11	-0.19	0.23	0.05	0.818
	Nearby towns	0.05	0.14	-0.22	0.33	0.15	0.698
	Municipality	0^a
Education	SSCE and below	-0.19	0.13	-0.44	0.05	2.37	0.124
	Higher education	0^a
Wealth index	Poor	-0.44	0.24	-0.91	0.03	3.42	0.065
	Middle	-0.25	0.23	-0.70	0.19	1.24	0.266
	Rich	0^a
Health insurance	No	0.24	0.12	0.01	0.47	4.31	0.038 ^*
	Yes	0^a
Facility type	Private	0.61	0.13	0.36	0.86	23.19	< 0.001 ^*
	PPP	0.24	0.14	-0.02	0.51	3.21	0.073
	Public	0^a
Comorbidity	No	-0.27	0.17	-0.60	0.06	2.62	0.105
	Yes	0^a
Number of HD Sessions	> 6	0.79	0.15	0.50	1.08	28.43	< 0.001 ^*
	4–6	0.00	0.17	-0.33	0.33	0.00	0.990
	0–3	0^a
	(Scale)	0.383^b	0.04	0.32	0.46

a. Reference category. *Significant at p-value < 0.05

b. Maximum likelihood estimate.