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. 2016 Jul 8;11(7):e0158332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158332

Table 4. Two-part model estimates of factors affecting health care expenditure of major morbidity**, 2011–2012.

  Probit model (First part) General linearized model (Second part)
Factors Coef. P>z 95% CI Coef. P>z 95% CI
Age
0–14®
15–59 0.076 0.619 -0.222 0.373 0.038 0.639 -0.120 0.196
60+ -0.041 0.795 -0.350 0.268 0.052 0.540 -0.115 0.219
Gender
Male®
Female -0.030 0.543 -0.126 0.066 -0.148 0.000 -0.206 -0.091
Place of residence
Rural®
Urban -0.200 0.000 -0.295 -0.106 -0.134 0.000 -0.191 -0.077
Marital status
Currently married®
Single -0.038 0.709 -0.240 0.163 0.066 0.257 -0.048 0.180
Others -0.129 0.033 -0.247 -0.011 -0.080 0.041 -0.158 -0.003
Educational level
Illiterate®
Primary School -0.062 0.335 -0.188 0.064 -0.148 0.000 -0.221 -0.075
Secondary School -0.169 0.006 -0.290 -0.048 -0.054 0.141 -0.125 0.018
Higher Secondary and above -0.223 0.007 -0.387 -0.060 -0.035 0.481 -0.133 0.063
Religion
Hindu®
Muslim 0.280 0.000 0.123 0.437 0.013 0.746 -0.067 0.094
Others -0.192 0.049 -0.384 0.000 0.072 0.272 -0.056 0.200
Caste
General®
OBC -0.193 0.000 -0.300 -0.087 -0.092 0.004 -0.154 -0.030
SC/ST -0.107 0.104 -0.237 0.022 -0.125 0.001 -0.202 -0.049
Wealth quintile
Poorest®
Poorer 0.127 0.110 -0.029 0.284 0.300 0.000 0.197 0.403
Middle 0.311 0.000 0.152 0.471 0.465 0.000 0.367 0.563
Richer 0.239 0.002 0.089 0.389 0.677 0.000 0.581 0.774
Richest 0.134 0.083 -0.017 0.286 1.119 0.000 1.020 1.218
Inpatient care
No®
Yes 0.390 0.000 0.269 0.511 1.234 0.000 1.172 1.296
Type of health facility
Public®
Private 0.870 0.000 0.774 0.967 0.187 0.000 0.131 0.243
Traditional healer -0.375 0.000 -0.583 -0.167 -0.044 0.697 -0.267 0.178
Type of major morbidity
Cataract
Tuberculosis 0.382 0.013 0.082 0.683 1.271 0.000 1.053 1.488
High BP 0.385 0.000 0.204 0.567 0.242 0.001 0.097 0.387
Heart disease 0.421 0.001 0.176 0.666 1.271 0.000 1.099 1.443
Diabetes 0.327 0.001 0.143 0.512 0.743 0.000 0.594 0.891
Asthma 0.576 0.000 0.348 0.804 0.789 0.000 0.631 0.948
Other long term disease 0.624 0.000 0.456 0.792 0.973 0.000 0.839 1.107
® reference category            
Number of observation 19370
LR Chi2(21) 670.5
Prob>chi2 0.000
Pseudo R2 0.160            

** Outcome variable: Total health care expenditure in major morbidity