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. 2020 Aug;32(4):516–529. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2020.04.09

3. Multivariate analysis of overall expenditure for diagnosis and treatment of patients with liver cancer.

Characteristic Estimate (95% Cl) P
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
Intercept 10.4 (10.2, 10.7) <0.001
Hospital type (Ref=general)
 Specialized 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) <0.001
Age at diagnosis (year) (Ref≥65)
 <45 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) 0.030
 45−54 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) 0.080
 55−64 0.0 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.443
Sex (Ref=females)
 Males 0.0 (−0.1, 0.1) 0.828
Education (Ref=primary school or below)
 Junior high school 0.0 (−0.1, 0.1) 0.573
 Senior high school 0.1 (−0.1, 0.2) 0.388
 Undergraduate or higher 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) 0.015
Occupation (Ref=self-employee or unemployee)
 Farmer 0.0 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.604
 Enterprise or company employee/worker 0.1 (−0.1, 0.2) 0.248
 Retiree 0.0 (−0.2, 0.2) 0.983
 Staff in institution/civil servant 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) <0.001
 Other 0.0 (−0.3, 0.4) 0.879
Healthcare insurance type (Ref=new rural cooperative medical scheme)
 Urban employee basic medical insurance 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) 0.034
 Urban resident basic medical insurance 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.196
 Commercial insurance −0.6 (−1.1, −0.1) 0.031
 Self-financed 0.1 (−0.3, 0.4) 0.663
 Other 0.3 (−0.1, 0.7) 0.132
Previous-year household income (CNY) (Ref<20,000)
 20,000−39,999 0.1 (−0.1, 0.3) 0.240
 40,000−69,999 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) 0.032
 ≥70,000 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) 0.022
Clinical stage (Ref=I)
 II −0.1 (−0.2, 0.0) 0.100
 III 0.1 (−0.1, 0.2) 0.375
 IV 0.1 (−0.1, 0.3) 0.183
Pathologic type (Ref=others)
 Adenocarcinoma 0.0 (−0.1, 0.1) 0.810
Therapeutic regimen (Ref=surgery)
 Chemotherapy −0.1 (−0.4, 0.2) 0.493
 Surgery and postoperative chemotherapy −0.2 (−0.4, −0.1) <0.001
 Symptomatic treatment −0.1 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.552
 Concurrent chemoradiotherapy −0.1 (−0.4, 0.1) 0.289
 Radiotherapy 0.0 (−0.5, 0.5) 0.934
 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery −0.2 (−0.3, −0.1) <0.001