Table 4.
Multivariable regression analysis of impacts of the cancer treatment on health service use and catastrophic health expenditure.
| Treatment Type | Outpatient Visit | Inpatient Visit | Catastrophic Health Expenditure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | ||||
| All | |||||||||
| Chinese traditional medicine | 2.156 * | 1.193 | 3.896 | 1.091 | 0.589 | 2.019 | 1.873 | 0.987 | 3.554 |
| Western modern medicine | 2.171 ** | 1.292 | 3.649 | 1.124 | 0.658 | 1.919 | 1.358 | 0.779 | 2.367 |
| Surgery therapy | 2.224 ** | 1.299 | 3.809 | 2.244 ** | 1.313 | 3.834 | 3.697 *** | 2.052 | 6.662 |
| Radiation/chemotherapy | 1.373 | 0.731 | 2.579 | 2.504 ** | 1.369 | 4.579 | 2.361 ** | 1.232 | 4.526 |
| Treatment overall | 2.492 *** | 1.506 | 4.125 | 1.817 * | 1.098 | 3.007 | 2.744 *** | 1.578 | 4.772 |
| Urban | |||||||||
| Chinese traditional medicine | 1.973 | 0.828 | 4.697 | 1.161 | 0.481 | 2.805 | 2.763 * | 1.045 | 7.307 |
| Western modern medicine | 2.606 * | 1.135 | 5.981 | 1.500 | 0.673 | 3.343 | 2.389 | 0.977 | 5.839 |
| Surgery therapy | 2.077 | 0.905 | 4.765 | 3.487 ** | 1.509 | 8.058 | 9.723 *** | 3.393 | 27.866 |
| Radiation/chemotherapy | 2.255 | 0.852 | 5.963 | 2.290 | 0.889 | 5.901 | 3.080 * | 1.066 | 8.898 |
| Treatment overall | 2.168 | 0.968 | 4.855 | 2.441 * | 1.108 | 5.379 | 7.277 ** | 2.325 | 22.774 |
| Rural | |||||||||
| Chinese traditional medicine | 2.315 | 0.968 | 5.539 | 0.906 | 0.345 | 2.382 | 1.303 | 0.492 | 3.447 |
| Western modern medicine | 1.991 | 0.975 | 4.067 | 0.950 | 0.436 | 2.070 | 1.088 | 0.500 | 2.366 |
| Surgery therapy | 3.169 ** | 1.440 | 6.974 | 1.802 | 0.820 | 3.961 | 2.726 * | 1.212 | 6.131 |
| Radiation/chemotherapy | 1.101 | 0.457 | 2.655 | 3.603 ** | 1.496 | 8.682 | 3.402 * | 1.270 | 9.115 |
| Treatment overall | 3.017 ** | 1.536 | 5.929 | 1.654 | 0.822 | 3.329 | 2.133 * | 1.057 | 4.306 |
Note: The control variables in logistic regressions included: age, gender, marital status, education, residence location, region, health insurance, economic status and complication. AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, significance test.