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. 2020 Jun 1;10(6):e036892. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036892

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.