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Table 8 Relationship between sociodemographic factors and catastrophic health care expenditure (binary logistic regression with the 2013 data)

From: Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar: policy implications in leading progress towards universal health coverage

Independent variables

Catastrophic Expenditure

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

N = 999

WHO standard 20%

WHO standard 30%

WHO standard 40%

WHO modified 20%

WHO modified 30%

WHO modified 40%

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

LIFT Intervention

0.7995

0.5581

1.1452

0.7689

0.4985

1.1858

0.7711

0.4458

1.3338

0.9467

0.6880

1.3026

0.8855

0.6358

1.2333

0.8512

0.6066

1.1944

Hilly Region

0.5706

0.3767

0.8643

0.5069

0.2972

0.8645

0.6359

0.3202

1.2630

0.4469

0.3141

0.6360

0.4545

0.3138

0.6583

0.4630

0.3160

0.6783

Dry Zone

1.1346

0.7748

1.6614

1.2559

0.7950

1.9839

1.4228

0.7913

2.5583

1.0141

0.7186

1.4310

1.0596

0.7418

1.5135

1.1096

0.7703

1.5984

Age of household head

0.9811

0.6248

1.5405

0.7283

0.4147

1.2790

0.7873

0.3898

1.5903

1.3028

0.8678

1.9560

1.2062

0.7882

1.8458

1.2401

0.8012

1.9194

Gender of household head

1.0203

1.0075

1.0333

1.0256

1.0100

1.0414

1.0157

0.9963

1.0355

1.0085

0.9972

1.0199

1.0080

0.9962

1.0200

1.0099

0.9978

1.0222

Education of household head

0.8192

0.6751

0.9941

0.8643

0.6792

1.0998

0.8090

0.5905

1.1087

0.8512

0.7212

1.0046

0.8251

0.6936

0.9815

0.8129

0.6798

0.9721

Total number of households

1.0553

0.9674

1.1513

1.0255

0.9190

1.1445

0.9881

0.8580

1.1380

1.6255

1.4820

1.7828

1.7751

1.6089

1.9586

1.8542

1.6747

2.0529

Number of under 5 children in the household

1.7365

1.3270

2.2723

1.6296

1.1700

2.2698

1.3132

0.8496

2.0295

1.2567

0.9765

1.6173

1.3257

1.0232

1.7178

1.3787

1.0594

1.7941

Number of disable person in the household

1.7860

1.1608

2.2723

1.7324

1.0733

2.7965

1.5112

0.8465

2.6978

1.6834

1.0494

2.7004

1.6955

1.0497

2.7387

1.3293

0.8236

2.1456

Total household income

0.9827

0.9537

1.0125

0.8924

0.7923

1.0051

0.9464

0.8292

1.0802

0.9916

0.9713

1.0124

0.9946

0.9736

1.0161

0.9972

0.9762

1.0186

Constant

0.1124

0.0415

0.3050

0.0981

0.0280

0.3438

0.0860

0.0175

0.4237

0.0786

0.0319

0.1936

0.0484

0.0188

0.1247

0.0313

0.0118

0.830

LR chi2

60.65

48.64

18.59

213.38

267.87

295.48

Prob > chi2

0.0000

0.0000

0.0458

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

Pseudo R2

0.0592

0.0646

0.0367

0.1543

0.1962

0.2189

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