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Table 3 Catastrophic health expenditure and chronic disease

From: Association between chronic disease and catastrophic health expenditure in Korea

Variables

Catastrophic health expenditure occurrence by household

Catastrophic health expenditure non-occurrence by household

Total

p-value

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

Neoplasm

     

<.0010

 No

18

0.5

3,304

99.5

3,322

 

 Yes

230

6.2

3,454

93.8

3,684

 

Cerebrovascular disease

     

<.0010

 No

212

3.2

6,515

96.8

6,727

 

 Yes

36

12.9

243

87.1

279

 

Ischemic heart disease

     

0.0021

 No

226

3.3

6,592

96.7

6,818

 

 Yes

22

11.7

166

88.3

188

 

Diabetes mellitus

     

<.0010

 No

163

2.7

5,958

97.3

6,121

 

 Yes

85

9.6

800

90.4

885

 

Arthritis

     

<.0010

 No

104

2.1

4,832

97.9

4,936

 

 Yes

144

7.0

1,926

93.0

2,070

 

Chronic kidney disease

     

0.1137

 No

239

3.4

6,729

96.6

6,972

 

 Yes

9

23.6

29

76.4

34

 

Hypertension

     

<.0010

 No

90

1.9

4,753

98.1

4,843

 

 Yes

158

7.3

2,005

92.7

2,163