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Table 4 Relationship between patient’s characteristics and incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in rural Shandong, China, 2016

From: Catastrophic health expenditure: a comparative study between hypertensive patients with and without complication in rural Shandong, China

Variable

One complication

Two or more complications

No complication

 

N (%)

χ2

P

N (%)

χ2

P

N (%)

χ2

P

Age (years)

 

8.66

0.034

 

4.85

0.089

 

25.91

0.000

  ≤ 45

10 (1.0)

  

0 (0.0)

  

50 (2.5)

  

 46–60

218 (21.5)

  

10 (11.0)

  

559 (27.8)

  

 61–70

478 (47.2)

  

48 (52.7)

  

812 (40.4)

  

  > 70

303 (30.3)

  

33 (36.3)

  

588 (29.3)

  

Sex

 

1.10

0.294

 

7.97

0.005

 

1.87

0.172

 Male

337 (33.3)

  

35 (38.5)

  

770 (38.3)

  

 Female

676 (66.7)

  

56 (61.5)

  

1239 (61.7)

  

Marital status

 

15.11

0.001

 

0.00

0.991

 

57.73

0.000

 Single

12 (1.2)

  

0 (0.0)

  

52 (2.6)

  

 Married

828 (81.7)

  

72 (79.1)

  

1671 (83.2)

  

 Bereft of spouse a

173 (17.1)

  

19 (20.9)

  

286 (14.2)

  

Education

 

1.41

0.703

 

9.17

0.027

 

21.13

0.000

 None

528 (52.1)

  

47 (51.6)

  

816 (40.6)

  

 Primary school

314 (31.0)

  

25 (27.5)

  

718 (35.7)

  

 Junior school

134 (13.2)

  

13 (14.3)

  

370 (18.4)

  

 Senior school or above

37 (3.7)

  

6 (6.6)

  

105 (5.2)

  

Household income

 

23.05

0.000

 

2.93

0.403

 

32.33

0.000

 Q1b

279 (27.5)

  

35 (38.5)

  

469 (23.3)

  

 Q2

270 (26.7)

  

23 (25.3)

  

481 (23.9)

  

 Q3

260 (25.7)

  

18 (19.8)

  

523 (26.0)

  

 Q4

204 (20.1)

  

15 (16.5)

  

536 (26.7)

  

Health insurancec

 

3.38

0.337

 

2.25

0.522

 

3.72

0.294

 URBMI

970 (95.8)

  

86 (94.5)

  

1927 (95.9)

  

 UEBMI

13 (1.3)

  

1 (1.1)

  

26 (1.3)

  

 CMI

3 (0.3)

  

1 (1.1)

  

7 (0.3)

  

 Others d

27 (2.7)

  

3 (3.1)

  

49 (2.4)

  

Duration of disease

 

1.67

0.645

 

0.89

0.828

 

1.74

0.629

  ≤ 5

255 (25.2)

  

14 (15.4)

  

762 (37.9)

  

 6–10

319 (31.5)

  

32 (35.2)

  

699 (34.8)

  

 11–15

171 (16.9)

  

16 (17.6)

  

210 (10.5)

  

  > 15

268 (26.5)

  

29 (31.9)

  

338 (16.8)

  

In-Patient

 

192.49

0.000

 

33.58

0.000

 

219.11

0.000

 No

287 (28.3)

  

44 (48.4)

  

1929 (95.6)

  

 Yes

726 (71.7)

  

47 (51.6)

  

80 (4.0)

  

Out-Patient

 

10.06

0.002

 

8.03

0.005

 

55.49

0.000

 No

200 (19.7)

  

62 (68.1)

  

1829 (91.0)

  

 Yes

813 (80.3)

  

29 (31.9)

  

181 (9.0)

  

Dibaoe

 

18.33

0.000

 

0.01

0.932

 

0.04

0.839

 No

68 (6.7)

  

78 (85.7)

  

1920 (95.6)

  

 Yes

945 (93.3)

  

13 (14.3)

  

89 (4.4)

  

Be in debt

 

0.24

0.627

 

3.49

0.062

 

7.60

0.006

 No

145 (14.3)

  

68 (74.7)

  

1771 (88.2)

  

 Yes

868 (85.7)

  

23 (25.3)

  

238 (11.8)

  

Head of household

 

5.93

0.015

 

0.53

0.466

 

8.36

0.004

 No

523 (51.6)

  

45 (49.5)

  

889 (44.3)

  

 Yes

490 (48.4)

  

46 (50.5)

  

1120 (55.7)

  

Head of household’s gender

 

1.23

0.268

 

2.44

0.118

 

30.93

0.000

 Male

766 (75.6)

  

72 (79.1)

  

432 (21.5)

  

 Female

247 (24.4)

  

19 (20.9)

  

1577 (78.5)

  

Family size

 

15.23

0.000

 

3.31

0.069

 

0.16

0.694

  ≤ 4

931 (91.9)

  

84 (92.3)

  

1843 (91.7)

  

  > 4

82 (8.1)

  

7 (7.7)

  

166 (8.3)

  

Living arrangements

 

10.93

0.000

 

1.74

0.42

 

79.09

0.000

 Empty-nest single

156 (15.4)

  

15 (16.5)

  

269 (13.4)

  

 Empty-nest couple

670 (66.1)

  

63 (69.2)

  

1298 (64.6)

  

 Others

187 (18.5)

  

13 (14.3)

  

442 (22.0)

  
  1. The P-values indicate statistical significance at 5% level
  2. a 8 divorced participants are categorized into the group “Bereft of spouse”
  3. b Quartile 1(Q1) is the poorest and Quartile 4(Q4) is the richest
  4. cURBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance, UEBMI Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance, CMI Commercial Medical Insurance
  5. d 40 uninsured patients are categorized into the group “others”;
  6. e “Dibao” means low-income households in China, which living and medical aids from municipal governments and other welfare programs