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. 2021 Mar 18;7(3):e06507. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06507

Table 2.

Multinomial logit regression model of health insurance schemes.

Model
I
II
III
Independent variables Scheme B Scheme C Scheme B Scheme C Scheme B Scheme C
Age RRR 5.10∗∗∗ 6.44∗∗∗ 6.31∗∗∗ 7.50∗∗∗ 5.98∗∗∗ 4.39∗∗∗
SE 0.70 0.78 0.81 0.84 0.63 0.40
Education level RRR 0.53∗∗∗ 0.41∗∗∗ 0.54∗∗∗ 0.39∗∗∗ 0.52∗∗∗ 0.40∗∗∗
SE 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.03
Working sector RRR 0.24∗∗∗ 0.76∗∗∗ 0.28∗∗∗ 0.92 0.35∗∗∗ 0.99
SE 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.06
Household income RRR 0.10∗∗∗ 0.54∗∗∗ 0.12∗∗∗ 0.68∗∗∗ 0.14∗∗∗ 0.63∗∗∗
SE 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.01 0.04
Household children RRR 3.94∗∗∗ 2.73∗∗∗ 5.55∗∗∗ 3.80∗∗∗ 14.74∗∗∗ 4.69∗∗
SE 0.62 0.40 0.81 0.51 1.69 0.48
Chronic illness RRR 2.96∗∗∗ 1.01 2.48∗∗∗ 0.83 5.79∗∗∗ 1.63∗∗∗
SE 0.60 0.20 0.45 0.15 0.95 0.26
Family size RRR 5.75∗∗∗ 1.14 4.94∗∗∗ 0.99
SE 0.86 0.16 0.70 0.13
Family health status RRR 0.31∗∗∗ 0.35∗∗∗ 0.27∗∗∗ 0.32∗∗∗
SE 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04
Health expenditure RRR 0.46∗∗∗ 0.47∗∗∗ 0.83∗ 0.85∗
SE 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.06
Marital status RRR 0.25∗∗∗ 0.26∗∗∗ 0.31∗∗∗ 0.31∗∗∗
SE 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02
Acute illness RRR 4.50∗∗∗ 4.71∗∗∗
SE 0.96 0.90
Be aware of health insurance RRR 0.57∗∗∗ 0.43∗∗∗
SE 0.08 0.05
Urban district RRR 0.69∗∗ 0.79∗
SE 0.09 0.09
Health priority RRR 6.52∗∗∗ 5.35∗∗∗
SE 0.99 0.70
_cons RRR 762.92∗∗∗ 47.96∗∗∗ 4804.61∗∗∗ 247.28∗∗∗ 150.09∗∗∗ 15.36∗∗∗
SE 368.78 21.67 2164.38 103.22 48.01 4.60
Prob > chi2 0.000 0.000 0.000
Pseudo R2 0.44 0.40 0.34
AIC 7084.65 7455.29 8201.60
BIC 7287.09 7603.75 8296.08
LR Test model I vs model II (LR chi2 = 386.64, p = 0.000)
LR Test model I vs model III (LR chi2 = 1148.96, p = 0.000)
LR Test model II vs model III (LR chi2 = 762.31, p = 0.000)

∗, ∗∗, and ∗∗∗ indicate p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001 significant levels, and non-significant, respectively (Z-test).

B (Compulsory scheme) and C (voluntary scheme), RRR (relative risk ratios), SE (standard error), AIC (Akaike's information criterion), and BIC (Bayesian information criterion).

Note: Out-of-pocket was select as the base outcome.