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Table 3 Associations between the key determinants and impoverishment in 2015

From: Increase of catastrophic health expenditure while it does not have socio-economic anymore; finding from a district on Tehran after recent extensive health sector reform

Variables

B

SE

P-value

Adjusted OR 2015

95% confidence interval

Lower

Upper

Economic status

   

*

  

 Quintile 1 (poorest)

1.083

1.240

0.382

2.954

0.260

33.545

 Quintile 2

1.843

1.101

0.094

6.317

0.730

54.695

 Quintile 3

3.909

1.055

< 0.001

49.854

6.309

393.938

 Quintile 4

4.669

1.076

< 0.001

106.580

12.942

877.735

Lack of Insurance

−0.612

0.513

0.233

0.542

0.198

1.483

Female household head

0.120

0.526

0.819

1.128

0.402

3.165

Having member ≥65 in Household

0.016

0.413

0.969

1.016

0.452

2.284

Having member ≤5 in Household

0.217

0.576

0.707

1.242

0.401

3.845

Household size

 3–6 members

−.499

0.496

0.314

0.607

0.230

1.604

 ≥ 7 members

−1.899

1.164

0.103

0.150

0.015

1.466

Having disabled member in household

0.088

0.586

0.880

1.092

0.346

3.466

Dentistry service usage

0.395

0.356

0.267

1.484

0.739

2.980

Inpatient service usage

0.582

0.398

0.144

1.789

0.819

3.906

Outpatient service usage

0.558

0.673

0.407

1.746

0.467

6.531

Constant

−5.389

1.244

< 0.001

0.005*

  
  1. *P < 0.05