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. 2011 Apr 6;9:16. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-16

Table 6.

Determinants of impoverishing health payment

Variables Univariate analysis Logistic regression Mixed effected
logistic regression

Crude OR
(95% CI)
P-valueΔ Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P-valueΔ Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P-value**
Village-level variables
Village deprivation(Quartile) <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
2nd vs. Lowest deprived 0.9 (0.65-1.25) 1.77 (1.11-2.83) 1.58(0.87-2.86)
3rd vs. Lowest deprived 0.39 (0.27-0.54) 0.83 (0.52-1.33) 0.81(0.45-1.43)
Highest vs. Lowest deprived 0.2 (0.14-0.29) 0.39 (0.23-0.64) 0.36(0.20-0.66)
Availability of health clinic 0.109 0.722 0.7647
Yes vs. No 0.83 (0.66-1.03) 0.94 (0.68-1.3) 1.06(0.70-1.63)
Household-level variables
Household per capita income (Quartile) <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
2nd vs. Lowest 0.27 (0.21-0.35) 0.25 (0.18-0.35) 0.25(0.18-0.34)
3rd vs. Lowest 0.07 (0.05-0.1) 0.07 (0.04-0.1) 0.06(0.04-0.10)
Highest vs. Lowest 0.02 (0.01-0.04) 0.02 (0.01-0.03) 0.02(0.00-0.03)
Serious chronic illness proportion <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
≤0.5 vs.0 5.57 (4.34-7.16) 3.82 (2.81-5.18) 3.88(2.84-5.32)
>0.5 vs.0 10.33 (7.28-14.64) 6.26 (4-9.79) 6.72(4.23-10.67)
Member hospitalization <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Yes vs. No 4.55 (3.6-5.76) 4.75 (3.44-6.54) 4.94(3.56-6.86)
Household size 0.123 0.929 0.968
4-6 vs. ≤3 1.02 (0.82-1.28) 0.94 (0.69-1.28) 0.96 (0.70-1.32)
>6 vs. ≤3 2.39 (1.01-5.67) 0.94 (0.31-2.81) 0.96 (0.31-3.00)
Proportion of members aged over 65 <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
≤0.5 vs.0 2.37 (1.81-3.1) 1.28 (0.9-1.82) 1.29(0.90-1.86)
>0.5 vs.0 5.1 (3.59-7.24) 2.79 (1.69-4.6) 3.04(1.81-5.11)
Occupation of household head <0.001 0.014 0.013
Non-farmer vs. Farmer 0.3 (0.16-0.57) 0.47 (0.23-0.98) 0.46(0.22-0.97)
Unemployed vs. Farmer 5.45 (3.78-7.84) 1.61 (0.97-2.68) 1.50(0.88-2.54)

Intraclass correlation (ICC) 0.006

* P-value for trend test was <0.05; Δ Likelihood ratio test; ** ANOVA test