Table 4.
Multivariate logistic regression model of determinants of CHE for TB and HIV care at a 10% threshold of household income/consumption (Ethiopia)
| Variable | aOR (95% CI) | P value |
| TB | ||
| Frequency of visits* | 2.4 (1.9 to 3.1) | <0.001 |
| Hospitalisation | ||
| No | Ref. | |
| Yes | 30.6 (4.8 to 199.8) | 0.001 |
| Income quintiles | ||
| Richest | Ref. | |
| Rich† | 4.1 (2.1 to 7.8) | <0.001 |
| Middle | 4.9 (2.5 to 9.4) | <0.001 |
| Poor | 7.0 (3.6 to13.7) | <0.001 |
| Poorest | 14.6 (7.5 to 28.3) | <0.001 |
| Place of diagnosis | ||
| Government | Ref. | |
| Private | 2.6 (1.5 to 4.3) | <0.001 |
| TB/HIV co-infection | ||
| No | Ref. | |
| Yes | 3.2 (1.6 to 6.2) | 0.001 |
| Insurance (ie, CBHI) | ||
| Yes | Ref. | |
| No | 2.7 (1.1 to 6.7) | 0.038 |
| Type of TB | ||
| Bacteriologically-confirmed TB | Ref. | |
| Clinically-diagnosed TB | 1.6 (1.0 to 2.8) | 0.075 |
| Extra-pulmonary TB† | 2.6 (1.8 to 4.0) | <0.001 |
| HIV | ||
| Frequency of visits per year* | 1.07 (1.003 to 1.1) | 0.04 |
| Hospitalisation | ||
| No | Ref. | |
| Yes | 3.3 (2.2 to 4.9) | <0.001 |
| Income quintiles | ||
| Richest | Ref. | |
| Rich | 2.5 (1.1 to 5.8) | 0.025 |
| Middle | 4.5 (2.1 to 9.8) | <0.001 |
| Poor | 9.4 (4.5 to 19.5) | <0.001 |
| Poorest | 18.4 (8.9 to 37.7) | <0.001 |
*Variable treated as continuous.
†Overall test is significant.
aOR, adjusted OR; CBHI, community-based health insurance; CHE, catastrophic health expenditures; TB, tuberculosis.