Unit: N, % | ||||||||
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Variables | Before propensity score matching | After propensity score matchinga | ||||||
High medical expense occurrence household | High medical expense non-occurrence household | P-value | High medical expense non-occurrence household | P-value | ||||
Total | 275 | 100.0 | 6,020 | 100.0 | 825 | 100.0 | ||
Householder level | ||||||||
Sex | 0.8032 | 0.4369 | ||||||
Man | 205 | 74.5 | 4,447 | 73.9 | 634 | 76.8 | ||
Woman | 70 | 25.5 | 1,573 | 26.1 | 191 | 23.2 | ||
Age (unit: years) | <.0001 | 0.1537 | ||||||
Under 39 | 29 | 10.5 | 1,146 | 19.0 | 60 | 7.3 | ||
40 ~ 64 | 76 | 27.6 | 2,524 | 41.9 | 276 | 33.5 | ||
Over 65 | 170 | 61.8 | 2,350 | 39.0 | 480 | 58.2 | ||
Education level | 0.0372 | 0.3835 | ||||||
Below elementary school | 115 | 41.8 | 2,103 | 34.9 | 297 | 36 | ||
Middle school | 35 | 12.7 | 767 | 12.7 | 114 | 13.8 | ||
High school | 72 | 26.2 | 1,757 | 29.2 | 244 | 29.6 | ||
Above university | 53 | 19.3 | 1,393 | 23.1 | 170 | 20.6 | ||
Marriage status | 0.0162 | 0.572 | ||||||
Married | 196 | 71.3 | 3,895 | 64.7 | 574 | 69.6 | ||
Unmarried | 11 | 4 | 375 | 6.2 | 27 | 3.3 | ||
Divorce, Separated | 66 | 24 | 1,725 | 28.7 | 223 | 27 | ||
Household level | ||||||||
Employment of household | <.0001 | 0.9714 | ||||||
None | 104 | 37.8 | 1,577 | 26.2 | 313 | 37.9 | ||
>1 person | 171 | 62.2 | 4,443 | 73.8 | 512 | 62.1 | ||
Senior of household | <.0001 | 0.1054 | ||||||
None | 82 | 29.8 | 3,284 | 54.6 | 290 | 35.2 | ||
>1 person | 193 | 70.2 | 2,736 | 45.4 | 535 | 64.8 | ||
Member with chronic disease | <.0001 | 0.7451 | ||||||
None | 38 | 13.8 | 2,260 | 37.5 | 110 | 13.3 | ||
1 person | 141 | 51.3 | 2,229 | 37.0 | 424 | 51.4 | ||
≥2 people | 96 | 34.9 | 1,531 | 25.4 | 291 | 35.3 |