Table 4. Multivariate analysis of medical cost.
| Total cost of inpatienttreatment(n = 323) | Total cost of outpatienttreatment(n = 1063) | Total cost ofself-treatment(n = 1301) | OOP cost ofinpatienttreatment(n = 306) | OOP cost ofoutpatienttreatment(n = 1033) | OOP cost ofself-treatment(n = 1118) | |
| Gender (Female, reference group) | 616.1 (0.902) | 1.9 (0.997) | −122.5 (0.213) | −249.7 (0.947) | 48.7 (0.899) | −90.7 (0.398) |
| Age group (45–50, reference group) | ||||||
| 51–60 | −6047.7 (0.402) | 405.9 (0.431) | 272.1 (0.016) | −5629.7 (0.303) | 54.2 (0.905) | 304.2 (0.015) |
| 61–70 | −9331.3 (0.272) | −3.8 (0.996) | 574.3 (0.001) | −6547.4 (0.303) | −327.4 (0.593) | 651.2 (0.000) |
| >70 | −5606.7 (0.524) | −177.0 (0.827) | 960.2 (0.000) | −7869.7 (0.235) | −528.7 (0.458) | 938.8 (0.000) |
| Marital status (Single/Divorced/Widowed, reference group) | ||||||
| Married | 6193.1 (0.422) | −229.0 (0.760) | 46.5 (0.782) | 2480.5 (0.668) | 168.8 (0.796) | 23.5 (0.896) |
| Education (No schooling, reference group) | ||||||
| Primary | −16683.4 (0.055) | 1463.0 (0.096) | 74.7 (0.705) | −4043.3 (0.532) | 1563.0 (0.042) | 86.4 (0.669) |
| Junior high | −13042.5 (0.169) | −338.8 (0.711) | 163.2 (0.425) | 1717.1 (0.807) | −445.1 (0.577) | 168.9 (0.425) |
| Senior high | −15747.8 (0.115) | 64.9 (0.948) | 139.1 (0.529) | −1111.6 (0.882) | −400.3 (0.644) | 122.9 (0.594) |
| Junior college and more | −20932.7 (0.063) | 900.1 (0.405) | 80.9 (0.735) | −3934.6 (0.638) | −17.1 (0.986) | 145.9 (0.566) |
| Occupation (Governments, reference group) | ||||||
| Enterprises | −821.6 (0.935) | 885.9 (0.223) | −309.4 (0.050) | 5451.2 (0.470) | 182.3 (0.777) | −301.0 (0.098) |
| Farmers | 1301.3 (0.915) | 866.9 (0.370) | −347.6 (0.098) | 1464.8 (0.873) | −210.8 (0.804) | −281.0 (0.218) |
| Small private business | −4948.5 (0.744) | 1500.5 (0.159) | 71.2 (0.751) | 172.6 (0.988) | 660.2 (0.481) | 143.6 (0.552) |
| Others | 18336.7 (0.158) | 2024.5 (0.057) | −286.7 (0.209) | 14528.8 (0.137) | 1161.5 (0.218) | −178.8 (0.476) |
| Retired | 1940.1 (0.839) | 3245.2 (0.000) | −477.3 (0.011) | 1923.5 (0.786) | 1737.6 (0.015) | −370.9 (0.079) |
| No jobs | −3810.5 (0.743) | 2444.2 (0.015) | −84.8 (0.705) | 1106.7 (0.898) | 1387.2 (0.113) | 19.1 (0.938) |
| Areas (Rural areas, reference group) | ||||||
| Urban areas | 7166.0 (0.350) | −194.5 (0.764) | 380.4 (0.009) | −1984.8 (0.738) | −452.4 (0.431) | 423.4 (0.006) |
| Regions (Eastern, reference group) | ||||||
| Central | 1293.3 (0.835) | −53.1 (0.924) | 117.3 (0.320) | 6474.5 (0.172) | −78.8 (0.873) | 126.3 (0.333) |
| Western | −10395.1 (0.062) | −809.1 (0.107) | 134.8 (0.226) | −3618.7 (0.383) | −555.3 (0.208) | 106.2 (0.381) |
| Type of hospital (Grade I hospital, reference group) | ||||||
| Grade II hospital | −3424.7 (0.649) | 1119.7 (0.051) | – | −1930.1 (0.732) | 1157.1 (0.022) | – |
| Grade III hospital | 17159.7 (0.020) | 2538.3 (0.000) | – | 10329.8 (0.061) | 1847.7 (0.000) | – |
| Private hospital | −8309.2 (0.634) | 971.1 (0.268) | – | 870.9 (0.946) | 479.4 (0.531) | – |
| Using health insurance (No, reference group) | ||||||
| Yes | 8422.9 (0.249) | 1219.3 (0.005) | 19.2 (0.860) | −1911.9 (0.721) | −216.8 (0.565) | −144.7 (0.288) |
| Per capita income (1 K Yuan) | 6.7 (0.857) | 6.9 (0.067) | 1.7 (0.073) | −13.8 (0.611) | −0.1 (0.969) | 1.4 (0.216) |
In each cell: estimated regression coefficient (p-value).