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. 2019 Feb 15;7:24. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00024

Table 4.

Out of pocket health expenditure (in US Dollar) during last recent visit.

Variables Out of pocket health expenditure ($) P-value
Median cost ($) (Q1-Q3)
Age, Years 0.646a
    60–69 41.0 (0.0, 100.0)
    70–79 49.0 (0.0, 131.0)
    >=80 32.9 (0.0, 125.5)
Sex 0.611
    Male 46.4 (0.0, 135.3)
    Female 40.0 (0.0, 104.0)
Ethnicity 0.004
    Privileged 45.5 (0.0, 133.3)
    Underprivileged 22.8 (0.0, 72.5)
Marital status 0.009
    Married 59.0 (0.0, 137.3)
    Without Partner 28.1 (0.0, 88.2)
Family type 0.071
    Nuclear 15.3 (0.0, 125.0)
    Joint 45.5 (0.0, 126.3)
Education 0.103
    Literate 52.1 (0.0, 135.5)
    Illiterate 36.3 (0.0, 113.3)
Annual household income $ 0.005a
    Less than 1,000 0.0 (0.0, 48.5)
    1,000–3,000 51.6 (0.0, 135.5)
    More than 3,000 42.8 (0.0, 128.5)
Type of facility <0.001
    Public 49.6 (20.3, 113.3)
    Private 97.3 (55.0, 215.3)
Morbidity
    None 20.3 (0.0, 80.3) <0.001a
    One 45.3 (0.0, 135.5)
    More than One 119.1 (35.0, 292.0)
Cardio-vascular diseases <0.001
    Yes 192.0 (38.3, 416.0)
    No 36.9 (0.0, 96.0)
Satisfaction with received health services 0.117
    Satisfied 80.3 (40.0, 174.3)
    Dissatisfied 54.5 (20.3, 125.0)
Knowledge of social insurance <0.001
    Yes 66.5 (20.6, 158.8)
    No 16.3 (0.0, 80.3)
Insurance status 0.272
    Yes 94.3 (20.6, 187.0)
    No 64.0 (23.6, 128.5)
a

P-value from Kruskal Wallis test; all others are from Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. Significant p-values are bolded.