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Table 4 Logistic regression models predicting the determinants of CHE and financial distress among households with people ≥ 60 years of age, Viet Nam

From: Household financial burden associated with healthcare for older people in Viet Nam: a cross-sectional survey

Variable

CHE (WHO’s definition) N = 1477

Financial distress N = 1471

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P

Household size

0.18 (0.12–0.27)

0.000

0.89 (0.81–0.99)

0.024

Head of household’s occupational status

NA

NA

  

 Unemployed

Ref.

 

 Employed

0.70 (0.47–1.04)

0.079

Pensioner

0.27 (0.17–0.44)

0.000

Wealth level (quintile)

  

NA

NA

 Poorest

Ref.

 

 Poor

3.79 (1.86–7.70)

0.000

 Middle

7.89 (3.79–16.4)

0.000

 Rich

2.11 (0.92–4.86)

0.070

Richest

2.84 (1.27–6.30)

0.010

Older household members’ comorbidities

    

 No NCD

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 1 NCD

5.16 (2.27–11.7)

0.000

4.75 (2.00–11.3)

0.000

 ≥ 2 NCDs

7.05 (3.11–16.0)

0.000

4.72 (1.92–11.6)

0.001

Mean no. outpatient visits by key older household members in the last month

 Primary healthcare facilities

NA

NA

1.55 (1.26–1.89)

0.000

 Tertiary health facilities

NA

NA

1.39 (1.13–1.70)

0.002

 Private health facilities

2.13 (1.44–3.18)

0.000

1.47 (1.09–1.98)

0.012

Mean no. inpatient admissions for key older household members in the 12 months

 District hospitals

NA

NA

1.72 (1.27–2.34)

0.000

 Tertiary hospitals

1.34 (1.06–1.70)

0.015

1.54 (1.27–1.87)

0.000

Urban versus rural

  

NA

NA

 Urban

Ref.

 

 Rural

2.06 (1.27–3.39)

0.004

Province

    

 Tien Giang

Ref.

 

Ref.

 Thanh Hoa

5.05 (2.10–12.2)

0.000

1.51 (0.95–2.41)

0.085

 Yen Bai

13.7 (5.77–32.4)

0.000

2.00 (1.27–3.17)

0.003

Results of goodness-of-fit tests

Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test

Area under ROC curve

χ2 = 5.04, df = 10, P = 0.7536

0.9115

χ2 = 6.39, df = 8, P = 0.6041

0.7831

  1. “Ref.” indicates the reference group
  2. CHE catastrophic health expenditure, CI confidence interval, NA not applicable, NCD noncommunicable disease