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Table 5 Generalized linear model for the binomial family (logit link) with financial burden a as dependent variable

From: Inequalities in out-of-pocket payments for health care services among elderly Germans – results of a population-based cross-sectional study

Independent predictor variables

Odds ratio

95% CI

Male gender (reference: female)

0.880

(0.708

1.093)

Private health insurance (reference: SHI)

0.890

(0.564

1.405)

Age

1.017*

(1.001

1.034)

Education 10–11 years (reference: <10 years)

1.090

(0.842

1.410)

>11 years

0.929

(0.693

1.245)

Illness level – CIRS-Gb

1.020

(0.998

1.042)

Marital status: Single (reference: married)

1.619

(0.812

3.231)

Divorced

1.081

(0.746

1.565)

Widowed

1.418*

(1.070

1.880)

Income quintile 2 (reference: quintile 1)

0.708

(0.478

1.047)

Income quintile 3

0.737

(0.520

1.044)

Income quintile 4

0.715

(0.503

1.016)

Income quintile 5

0.478**

(0.311

0.733)

N

3,124

  
  1. a Burden: OOPP to income ratio; b CIRS-G: Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics; *p < .05 **p < .01; CI: bias-corrected bootstrapped confidence intervals (1,000 replications).
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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