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. 2019 Dec 13;16(24):5086. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16245086

Table 4.

Logistic regression on the incidence of CHE (at a non-food expenditure threshold of 40%).

Variables Incidence of CHE
OR SD 95% CI
Marital Status of Household Head (Ref: Single, Widowed, Divorced or Other) 0.948 0.102 (0.768,1.170)
Education Status of Household Head (Ref: Less than Lower Secondary)
Upper Secondary Vocational Training 0.831 0.092 (0.669,1.032)
Tertiary 0.723 * 0.121 (0.521,1.003)
Employment Status of Household Head (Ref: Employed)
Retired 1.107 0.126 (0.886,1.383)
Unemployed 1.068 0.121 (0.856,1.333)
Registered Type of Household Head (Ref: Urban) 0.775 0.077 (0.638,1.103)
Household Members>65 Years Old (Ref: None) 1.138 0.126 (0.916,1.414)
Household Size 0.933 * 0.035 (0.867,1.004)
Household Income Level (Ref: ≤¥30,000)
¥30,000–50,000 0.315 *** 0.036 (0.252,0.395)
¥50,000–78,500 0.254*** 0.034 (0.196,0.330)
¥78,500–100,000 0.186 *** 0.025 (0.142,0.243)
>¥100,000 0.091 *** 0.015 (0.065,0.127)
Household Members with ≥2 Chronic Illness (Ref: None) 2.040 *** 0.194 (1.694,2.458)
Outpatient Utilization of Household Members (Ref: None) 1.421 *** 0.151 (1.154,1.750)
Inpatient Utilization of Household Members (Ref: None) 1.736 ** 0.393 (1.114,2.704)
Household CII Status (Ref: No One Has CII) 0.760 * 0.109 (0.574,1.006)
Number of Household Members Having CII 1.026 0.051 (0.930,1.132)
Outpatient Service in High-Level Hospital (Ref: None) 1.270 * 0.172 (0.973,1.656)
Inpatient Service in High-Level Hospital (Ref: None) 2.111 *** 0.496 (1.332,3.344)
Household Members >65 Years Old × Number of Household Members Having CII (Ref: Number Of Members Having CII in A Household without Members over 65) 1.077 * 0.048 (0.986,1.175)

Note: * significant at 10%, ** significant at 5%, *** significant at 1%. CHE, catastrophic health expenditure; CI, confidence interval; CII, critical illness insurance; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation.