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Table 3 Multiple Poisson regression model for financial hardship indicators, Bangladesh, 2011

From: Inequalities in financial risk protection in Bangladesh: an assessment of universal health coverage

Variable

Relative risk (95% confidence interval)

Catastrophic payment

Impoverishment

Borrowing or selling

Average number of children in HH

1.12 (1.02–1.23)

1.04 (0.9–1.19)

1.01 (0.89–1.14)

Average number of adult in HH

1.39 (1.03–1.87)

1.25 (0.92–1.69)

1.38 (1.03–1.85)

Member with chronic disease

 Yes

1.41 (0.87–2.29)

1.90 (1.08–3.36)

1.70 (0.87–3.31)

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

HH member over 65 years

 Yes

1.22 (0.79–1.90)

1.11 (0.53–2.34)

1.50 (0.81–2.79)

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

HH consumption quintile

 Quintile 1 (poorest)

4.26 (1.67–10.88)

17.34 (3.73–80.55)

4.03 (1.72–9.45)

 Quintile 2

2.84 (1.15–7.05)

5.19 (1.14–23.71)

2.23 (0.91–5.45)

 Quintile 3

2.65 (1.25–5.59)

3.11 (0.92–10.49)

1.57 (0.64–3.83)

 Quintile 4

2.28 (1.12–4.65)

2.71 (0.98–7.52)

1.39 (0.62–3.12)

 Quintile 5 (richest)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Household size

0.98 (0.88–1.09)

1.03 (0.89–1.19)

1.07 (0.95–1.21)

Care-seeking behavior

 Inpatient

6.67 (4.50–9.90)

7.09 (3.68–13.65)

3.95 (2.52–6.18)

 Outpatient public

0.67 (0.40–1.13)

0.99 (0.51–1.9)

0.60 (0.32–1.11)

 Outpatient private

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Outpatient public and private

1.58 (0.93–2.68)

1.35 (0.63–2.9)

1.59 (0.78–3.23)

 Self-medication/traditional healer

0.24 (0.13–0.44)

0.35 (0.17–0.69)

0.23 (0.12–0.44)

Household head education

 No education

2.46 (1.34–4.53)

1.40 (0.57–3.45)

1.60 (0.72–3.53)

 Primary

1.71 (0.92–3.17)

1.14 (0.48–2.7)

1.78 (0.83–3.82)

 Secondary

1.39 (0.81–2.39)

0.61 (0.25–1.47)

1.29 (0.62–2.66)

 Higher

1.00

1.00

1.00

  1. HH household