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. 2015 Jan 20;14:8. doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0134-6

Table 3.

Association between factors and CHE in elderly households with chronic disease patients (at a non-food expenditure threshold of 40%)

Incidence of CHE Intensity of CHE
Rural areas Urban areas Rural areas Urban areas
Coefficient S.D. Coefficient S.D. Coefficient S.D. Coefficient S.D.
Marital status 0.1887 0.1638 0.2316 0.1747 −0.0004 0.0060 0.0188 0.0106
Household size −0.3182** 0.0487 −0.4802** 0.0948 −0.0649** 0.0055 −0.0300** 0.0080
Receipt of economic assistance 0.0809 0.0462 −0.0718 0.1480 0.0075 0.0043 −0.0001 0.0116
Provision of economic assistance 0.1794** 0.0505 0.1081 0.1355 0.0190** 0.0047 0.0089 0.0091
Providing care −0.0273 0.0485 −0.0024 0.0959 −0.0051 0.0043 −0.0054 0.0080
Household members > 65 years 0.1345** 0.0497 0.2252 0.1540 0.0126* 0.0052 0.0112 0.0096
Household members with ≥ 2 chronic diseases 0.3871** 0.0450 0.6050** 0.1255 0.0287** 0.0041 0.0339** 0.0074
Per capita income −0.0153** 0.0038 −0.0366** 0.0131 −0.0057** 0.0014 −0.0070 0.0040
Healthcare insurance 0.2651 0.1557 −0.3086 0.2189 0.0069 0.0101 −0.0123 0.0110
Outpatient service Health care post or village clinic 0.1927** 0.0667 −0.5182 0.3017 0.0194** 0.0070 −0.0295* 0.0127
First-level hospital 0.3235** 0.0878 0.2535 0.2891 0.0234* 0.0098 0.0219 0.0377
Second-level hospital and above 0.3537** 0.0905 0.1730 0.1577 0.0410** 0.0106 0.0174 0.0131
Inpatient service First-level hospital 0.4539** 0.1083 −0.1315 0.6303 0.0676** 0.0163 0.0205 0.0419
Second-level hospital and above 0.7031** 0.0937 0.9663** 0.2808 0.0931** 0.0118 0.0725** 0.0207
Constant −0.1555 0.1434 −0.1850 0.4640 0.1337** 0.0158 0.0871* 0.0435

Note: **implies significance at 0.01; *indicates significance at 0.05.