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Table 7 Determinants of catastrophic healthcare expenditure in rural southern Ethiopia, May 2017 to July 2018

From: Financial risk of seeking maternal and neonatal healthcare in southern Ethiopia: a cohort study of rural households

Household’s characteristics

Catastrophic headcount

At a 10% threshold of total household expenditure

At a 40% threshold of non-food expenditure

Yes

No

Crude relative risk (95.0%CI)

p-value

Adjusted relative risk (95.0%CI)

p-value

Yes

No

Crude relative risk (95.0%CI)

p-value

Adjusted relative risk (95.0%CI)p-

p-value

Utilisation of healthcare services during:

 Pregnancy-related illness (41 of 735)

No

46

53

1.30 (0.35,4.90)

0.696

74

25

1.27 (0.31,5.28)

0.744

Yes

4

6

1.0

 

7

3

1.0

 

 Postpartum illness (5 of 244)

No

45

9

76

28

 

Yes

4

0

4

0

 Neonatal illness (10 of 369)

No

43

58

73

28

Yes

2

0

2

0

Enabling factors

 Educational status of the head of the household

No education

8

7

2.29 (0.63,8.32)

0.210

11

4

1.38 (0.34,5.56)

0.655

Primary

33

34

1.94 (0.76,4.93)

0.163

52

15

1.73 (0.65,4.64)

0.274

Secondary and above

9

18

1.0

 

18

9

1.0

 

 Occupation of the head of the household

Agriculture

30

38

0.34 (0.08,1.42)

0.139

57

11

Sales and services

4

2

0.86 (0.10,7.51)

0.889

5

1

Skilled manual

1

2

0.21 (0.01,3.37)

0.273

3

0

Professional/technical/managerial

1

4

0.11 (0.01,1.41)

0.089

2

3

Unskilled manual

7

10

0.30 (0.06,1.58)

0.156

7

10

Others

7

3

1.0

 

7

3

Illness among:

 Pregnant women (735 of 794)

No

5

3

2.07 (0.47,9.15)

0.335

8

0

Yes

45

56

1.0

 

73

28

 Postpartum women (244 of 784)

No

31

36

1.10 (0.50,2.40)

0.811

50

17

1.08 (0.45,2.61)

0.867

Yes

18

23

1.0

 

30

11

1.0

 

 Neonates (369 of 772)

No

35

39

1.71 (0.70,4.16)

0.241

58

16

2.56 (1.02,6.44)

0.046

2.56 (1.02,6.44)*

0.046

Yes

10

19

1.0

 

17

12

1.0

 

1.0

 
  1. *Adjusted for postpartum and neonatal illness, and utilisation of healthcare services for pregnancy-related illness, and educational status of head of the household