Table 5.
Generalized linear model for the binomial family (logit link) with financial burden a as dependent variable
| Independent predictor variables | Odds ratio | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male gender (reference: female) |
0.880 |
(0.708 |
1.093) |
| Private health insurance (reference: SHI) |
0.890 |
(0.564 |
1.405) |
| Age |
1.017* |
(1.001 |
1.034) |
| Education 10–11 years (reference: <10 years) |
1.090 |
(0.842 |
1.410) |
| >11 years |
0.929 |
(0.693 |
1.245) |
| Illness level – CIRS-Gb |
1.020 |
(0.998 |
1.042) |
| Marital status: Single (reference: married) |
1.619 |
(0.812 |
3.231) |
| Divorced |
1.081 |
(0.746 |
1.565) |
| Widowed |
1.418* |
(1.070 |
1.880) |
| Income quintile 2 (reference: quintile 1) |
0.708 |
(0.478 |
1.047) |
| Income quintile 3 |
0.737 |
(0.520 |
1.044) |
| Income quintile 4 |
0.715 |
(0.503 |
1.016) |
| Income quintile 5 |
0.478** |
(0.311 |
0.733) |
| N | 3,124 | ||
aBurden: OOPP to income ratio; bCIRS-G: Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics; *p < .05 **p < .01; CI: bias-corrected bootstrapped confidence intervals (1,000 replications).