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. 2021 Aug 28;21:886. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06881-8

Table 3.

Out-of-pocket (OOP) spending and occurrence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) among study groups

OOP spending CHE (10%) CHE (20%) CHE (30%) CHE (40%)
Log-link GLM Logit Logit Logit Logit
β SE OR SE OR SE OR SE OR SE
Study group
 ∈Near-poor - - - - - - - - - -
 ∈Medical Aid -1.09*** 0.13 0.21*** 0.06 0.20*** 0.06 0.10*** 0.02 0.07*** 0.02
 ∈Above-poverty 0.27*** 0.07 0.52** 0.15 0.39** 0.19 0.36** 0.16 0.31*** 0.10
Female -0.06 0.07 0.89 0.14 1.01 0.20 0.87 0.20 0.87 0.27
Age -0.01*** 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.01 0.01 1.00 0.01 1.00 0.01
Married 0.36*** 0.08 1.16 0.18 1.61** 0.34 1.00 0.23 0.85 0.26
Education
 ∈no diploma - - - - - - - - - -
 ∈below high school diploma 0.02 0.08 1.10 0.15 1.20 0.17 1.26 0.18 1.10 0.18
 ∈high school diploma -0.09 0.11 0.66** 0.14 0.85 0.21 1.07 0.29 0.90 0.31
 ∈above high school diploma -0.29** 0.12 0.52*** 0.14 0.51** 0.18 0.87 0.27 0.71 0.25
Occupation
 ∈ permanent employee - - - - - - - - - -
 ∈temporary employee -0.26 0.18 0.54 0.24 0.27** 0.15 0.27** 0.17 0.17*** 0.11
 ∈ employer, self-employed, unpaid family worker -0.18 0.19 0.48* 0.22 0.33* 0.20 0.66 0.43 0.38 0.26
 ∈ unemployed, economically inactive -0.04 0.17 0.71 0.31 0.50 0.29 0.88 0.53 0.48 0.29
Monthly income (increase of one million won) 0.03* 0.02 0.74* 0.14 0.71 0.25 0.79 0.26 0.81 0.17
Self-reporting poor health 0.43*** 0.08 2.17*** 0.33 1.88*** 0.28 2.39*** 0.32 2.56*** 0.45
Chronic disease 0.21** 0.09 1.46** 0.28 1.16 0.27 1.82*** 0.41 1.75** 0.51
Disabled -0.06 0.10 0.88 0.16 0.94 0.18 0.84 0.18 0.94 0.19
Private insurance subscription 0.18*** 0.07 1.04 0.14 1.17 0.18 1.11 0.14 1.05 0.16
Depression 0.25** 0.12 1.46 0.35 1.72** 0.45 1.48*** 0.22 1.65*** 0.29

*** p < 0.001 ** p < 0.05 * p <0.1