Table 4 Relationship between patients characteristics and rate of catastrophic expenditures for TB, China 2012
From: Factors that determine catastrophic expenditure for tuberculosis care: a patient survey in China
Variable | Rate of Ia (n = 747) | Rate of II (n = 728)b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Χ2 | P | n (%) | Χ2 | P | |
Age(years) | 23.07 | 0.000 | 27.66 | 0.000 | ||
≤40 | 56(48.7) | 43(38.7) | ||||
41–59 | 191(66.6) | 139(49.3) | ||||
≥60 | 252(73.0) | 216(64.5) | ||||
Gender | 1.14 | 0.286 | 0.28 | 0.600 | ||
Male | 382(67.9) | 296(54.1) | ||||
Female | 117(63.6) | 102(56.4) | ||||
Type of TB case | 3.39 | 0.066 | 0.60 | 0.437 | ||
New or never treated | 390(65.2) | 314(54.0) | ||||
Relapse or previously treated | 109(73.2) | 84(57.5) | ||||
Residence | 5.06 | 0.025 | 0.36 | 0.549 | ||
Rural | 468(67.9) | 369(55.0) | ||||
Urban | 31(53.4) | 29(50.9) | ||||
Education | 12.90 | 0.005 | 14.31 | 0.003 | ||
None | 108(75.0) | 84(61.3) | ||||
Primary school | 175(70.9) | 149(61.3) | ||||
Junior school | 161(61.9) | 122(48.0) | ||||
Senior school or above | 55(57.3) | 43(45.7) | ||||
Marital status | 3.58 | 0.167 | 4.46 | 0.108 | ||
Single | 399(66.3) | 319(54.1) | ||||
Married | 31(59.6) | 23(46.0) | ||||
Bereft of spousec | 69(74.2) | 56(63.6) | ||||
Employment status | 26.77 | 0.000 | 30.37 | 0.000 | ||
Unemployment | 40(81.6) | 31(64.6) | ||||
Employment | 235(58.8) | 177(45.3) | ||||
Retired | 193(74.2) | 167(66.3) | ||||
Losing work abilities | 31(81.6) | 23(62.2) | ||||
Health insuranced | 8.03 | 0.045 | 3.02 | 0.389 | ||
MIUE | 24(49.0) | 22(44.9) | ||||
NMCS | 453(68.2) | 361(55.8) | ||||
MIUR | 15(68.2) | 10(47.6) | ||||
Self-paye | 7(58.3) | 5(45.5) | ||||
Household size | 46.13 | 0.000 | 25.82 | 0.000 | ||
<4 | 360(75.6) | 287(61.7) | ||||
≥8 | 139(51.3) | 111(42.2) | ||||
As % of household incomef | 16.99 | 0.000 | 4.08 | 0.043 | ||
<50 % | 230(59.9) | 191(50.9) | ||||
≥50 % | 269(74.1) | 205(58.4) | ||||
Minimum living security householdg | 15.66 | 0.000 | 1.56 | 0.212 | ||
Yes 93(83.0) | 65(60.2) | |||||
No 406(63.9) | 333(53.7) | |||||
In-patient service | 81.36 | 0.000 | 50.28 | 0.000 | ||
Yes 331(80.9) | 265(66.6) | |||||
No 168(49.7) | 133(40.3) | |||||