Characteristics | Distress financing | P values | CHE | P values |
OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
Age group | ||||
15–44 years | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
45 years and above | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.7) | 0.04 | 1.5 (1.1 to 5.6) | 0.02 |
Place of residence | ||||
Rural | 1.8 (0.7 to 3.1) | 0.23 | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.8) | 0.6 |
Urban | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Education | ||||
Up to lower secondary | 1.8 (0.8 to 3.5) | 0.2 | 1.4 (0.3 to 6.7) | 0.7 |
Secondary and above | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Brahmin/Chettri | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Janjatis/Dalits | 3.4 (1.8 to 6.9) | 0.01 | 2.3 (1.2 to 4.0) | 0.03 |
Distance of facility from home | ||||
<2 km | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
More than 2 km | 2.7 (1.4 to 6.7) | 0.03 | 1.8 (0.4 to 8.6) | 0.4 |
Type of health facility | ||||
Public | 1.5 (0.5 to 4.9) | 0.4 | 1.4 (0.3 to 3.6) | 0.7 |
Private | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Type of employee | ||||
Temporary | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.0) | 0.2 | 2.0 (0.4 to 8.8) | 0.4 |
Permanent | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Number of days of hospitalisation | ||||
<=3 days | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
More than 3 days | 1.8 (1.3 to 3.0) | 0.03 | 8.7 (2.2 to 16.7) | 0.007 |
Binary logistic regression was conducted using ENTER method.
CHE, catastrophic health expenditure.