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. 2018 Sep 10;13(9):e0203454. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203454

Table 3. Factor associated with inpatient expenditure among individual in 1995–96, 2004–05 and 2014–15.

1995–96 2004–05 2014–15
Explanatory Variables Categories Log(β) P value Log(β) P value Log(β) P value
Survival Status Survivors Ref Ref Ref
Decedents 0.427 0.000 0.489 0.000 0.495 0.000
Type of hospital Public Ref Ref Ref
Private 0.689 0.000 0.834 0.000 1.188 0.000
Age group Less than 15 years Ref Ref Ref
15–59 years 0.250 0.000 0.174 0.000 0.206 0.000
60 & more years 0.212 0.001 0.149 0.000 0.175 0.000
Diseases type Certain infectious and parasitic diseases Ref Ref Ref
Neoplasm 0.941 0.000 1.366 0.000 1.284 0.000
Diseases of the blood and blood forming organ 0.186 0.491 0.455 0.000 0.430 0.000
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 0.485 0.001 0.375 0.000 0.282 0.000
Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental diseases 0.572 0.000 0.754 0.000 0.622 0.000
Disease of the eye and adnexa 0.164 0.113 0.250 0.000 0.183 0.000
Diseases of the circulatory system 0.726 0.000 1.035 0.000 0.982 0.000
Diseases of the respiratory system 0.014 0.883 0.149 0.001 0.220 0.000
Disease of the digestive system 0.410 0.000 0.419 0.000 0.446 0.000
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system 0.602 0.000 0.671 0.000 0.603 0.000
Diseases of the genitourinary system 0.707 0.000 0.665 0.000 0.662 0.000
Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical 0.351 0.000 0.466 0.000 0.287 0.041
External causes of morbidity and mortality 0.595 0.000 0.760 0.000 0.706 0.000
Wealth status Poor Ref Ref Ref
Middle 0.327 0.000 0.162 0.000 0.075 0.001
Rich 1.061 0.000 0.531 0.000 0.462 0.000
Length of hospital stay Within one week Ref Ref Ref
More than one week 1.115 0.000 1.155 0.000 1.170 0.000
Constant 6.598 0.000 7.631 0.000 7.655 0.000