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. 2013 Apr 2;8(4):e61068. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061068

Table 5. Multivariate analysis of the percentage of per capita medical expense (as of per capita total expense).

Overall Inpatient Outpatient Self-treatment
Household characteristics
Household size 0.935(0.731) 1.008(0.968) 1.207(0.381) 0.867(0.478)
Presence of members <18 1.192(0.702) 1.809(0.227) 0.593(0.301) 1.297(0.580)
Presence of members >60 1.177(0.743) 1.069(0.900) 0.878(0.811) 1.100(0.851)
Per capita income (1K RMB) 0.962(0.008) 0.994(0.700) 0.977(0.146) 0.978(0.123)
Household head characteristics
Age 1.061(0.003) 1.043(0.041) 1.026(0.232) 1.023(0.252)
Gender (baseline: male) 1.778(0.156) 0.466(0.077) 2.821(0.020) 1.609(0.252)
Marital status (baseline: married)SingleDivorced or widowed 0.689(0.664)0.547(0.253) 1.161(0.871)1.648(0.374) 0.507(0.471)0.625(0.417) 0.768(0.764)1.234(0.697)
Occupation (baseline: farmer)UnemployedOther* 1.359(0.769)1.127(0.721) 0.475(0.505)1.860(0.082) 3.939(0.234)0.520(0.075) 2.150(0.476)1.517(0.224)
Education (baseline: no school)Elementary schoolMiddle schoolHigh school and higher 1.746(0.162)1.468(0.404)2.381(0.165) 3.432(0.004)2.127(0.125)1.678(0.437) 1.860(0.157)1.180(0.743)1.184(0.806) 1.071(0.867)0.733(0.510)2.074(0.256)

In each cell, odds ratio (p-value). Other occupation includes: government, student, self-employed, public or private company and others.