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. 2013 Nov 30;8(2):212–221. doi: 10.2185/jrm.2876

Table 5. Ratio of health-care expenditure to per capita household income among children with difficulty in vision.

Per capita household
income [A]
(1000 VND)
Health-care
expenditure [B]
(1000 VND)
[B]/[A] [B]/[A]>0.05



Mean (SD) Mean (SD) % OR (95%CI)
Overall 10521.5 (7969.7) 807.4 (3901.1) 0.0767 14.6% -
Area
Urban 13450.2 (9074.0) 308.2 (1432.3) 0.0229 8.0% Reference
Rural 6811.5 (3937.7) 1439.8 (5603.3) 0.2114 23.1% 5.19 (1.53, 17.60) p=0.008
Household income
1st quintile (lowest) 2941.3 (498.8) 296.4 (1044.2) 0.1008 16.6% Reference
2nd quintile 4319.3 (477.3) 191.0 (365.9) 0.0442 23.3% 2.29 (0.41, 12.59) p=0.342
3rd quintile 6293.8 (694.8) 1665.8 (7964.4) 0.2647 10.7% 0.83 (0.11, 6.03) p=0.853
4th quintile 8979.4 (900.8) 705.1 (2693.2) 0.0785 9.4% 0.87 (0.15, 5.21) p=0.880
5th quintile (highest) 18369.0 (8705.7) 853.5 (2665.9) 0.0465 15.6% 3.24 (0.61, 17.27) p=0.168
Trend p=0.383
Educational attainment of household head
Primary school graduate 9437.2 (9528.8) 586.8 (2222.6) 0.0622 17.4% Reference
Lower secondary school graduate 8397.7 (4406.0) 1601.3 (6128.6) 0.1907 20.0% 1.31 (0.47, 3.64) p=0.611
Upper secondary school graduate 14054.0 (10112.1) 197.9 (343.0) 0.0141 9.9% 0.81 (0.16, 4.07) p=0.796
Junior college degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher 11153.5 (7011.5) 392.1 (2088.0) 0.0352 8.4% 0.51 (0.11, 2.37) p=0.386
Trend p=0.303
Occupation of household head
Leaders, professionals, or staffs in any fields 13808.2 (5597.7) 524.8 (1932.6) 0.0380 8.6% Reference
Skilled workers in personal services and sales 12739.0 (7626.8) 1212.3 (4290.6) 0.0952 7.9% 0.68 (0.04, 12.59) p=0.798
Skilled workers in agriculture and fisheries 7388.3 (1640.2) 1292.3 (2707.2) 0.1749 20.2% 2.80 (0.14, 54.00) p=0.496
Skilled handicraftsman and other skilled manual workers 7424.0 (4390.7) 1068.1 (3417.2) 0.1439 17.1% 1.08 (0.17, 6.79) p=0.935
Assemblers and machine operators 10534.1 (3370.4) 630.5 (860.6) 0.0599 41.9% 9.18 (0.95, 88.46) p=0.055
Unskilled workers 9511.7 (8433.8) 876.3 (5236.1) 0.0921 16.8% 1.15 (0.21, 6.20) p=0.871
Not working 14710.4 (13221.9) 205.4 (290.6) 0.0140 6.2% 0.52 (0.04, 7.47) p=0.628

The odds ratios were adjusted for sex, age, and all other characteristics. The pseudo R2 of the multivariable logistic regression model was 0.163.