Table 4.
Factors associated with households having out-of-pocket medical expenditure exceeding 40% of household income
| OR (95% CI) | |
| Survey year (2003 as base level) | |
| 2008 | 0.70 (0.51 to 0.95) |
| 2013 | 0.65 (0.47 to 0.90) |
| Area (west is base level) | |
| East | 0.79 (0.57 to 1.10) |
| Central | 0.71 (0.48 to 1.05) |
| Income group (first quintile is base level) | |
| Second quintile | 0.32 (0.27 to 0.37) |
| Third quintile | 0.19 (0.16 to 0.23) |
| Fourth quintile | 0.14 (0.12 to 0.17) |
| Fifth quintile | 0.08 (0.06 to 0.09) |
| Household size (1–2 person as base level) | |
| 3–4 persons | 0.43 (0.40 to 0.47) |
| Over 5 persons | 0.22 (0.18 to 0.27) |
| If any member in household is below 5 years old (no is base level) | |
| Yes | 1.00 (0.89 to 1.11) |
| If any member in household is over 60 years old (no is base level) | |
| Yes | 1.07 (0.97 to 1.18) |
| If any member in household has a chronic disease (no is base level) | |
| Yes | 2.65 (2.38 to 2.95) |
| If any member in household used inpatient service (no is base level) | |
| Yes | 5.45 (4.77 to 6.22) |
Please refer to online supplemental table 2 for a comparison of models.