Table 11.
Test results on relationship between “Average Cost” and “Insurance Levels”: Reported coefficients are estimated using the data of contingency table INSLEVEL (see “Appendix 3'')
| Modelling categories of financial burden following Average Cost and Insurance Level | β0 | AvgCost | Insurance level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HiCost | MedCost | Med | Low | Nil | ||
| β1 | β2 | β3 | β4 | β5 | ||
| Logit (C|A) | −0.9515* (−2.505) |
2.631*** (5.255) |
1.2503*** (3.397) |
−0.1669 (−0.375) |
−0.2665 (−0.549) |
1.0133** (2.933) |
| Logit (B|A) | −0.9454* (−2.375) |
1.2636* (2.292) |
0.5224 (1.361) |
−0.3641 (−0.674) |
0.0053 (0.010) |
1.0263** (2.642) |
Residual deviance: 13.64 on 12 df; Log-likelihood: −40.81 on 12 df z value in brackets. Baseline category: no financial burden after staying in hospital
***,**,* Denote coefficients significant at 1, 5 and 10 %, respectively