Table 3 Significance of the relationship between demographic and contextual variables with MS healthcare costs and their effects
From: The catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure of multiple sclerosis patients in Iran
Independent variables (demographic and contextual) | Dependent variables (costs imposed and their effects) | Significance of relationship(P-value) |
|---|---|---|
Age | The amount of OOPs | 0.328 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.217 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.322 | |
Gender | The amount of OOPs | 0.836 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.123 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.376 | |
Marital status | The amount of OOPs | 0.204 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.176 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.065 | |
Educational level | The amount of OOPs | 0.951 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.248 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.528 | |
Occupational status | The amount of OOPs | 0.706 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.007 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.059 | |
Type of basic insurance | The amount of OOPs | 0.591 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.403 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.243 | |
Supplemental insurance | The amount of OOPs | 0.825 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.007 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.030 | |
Resident(in Tabriz) | The amount of OOPs | 0.038 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.417 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.465 | |
Age of patient at disease incidence | The amount of OOPs | 0.396 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.835 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.984 | |
Duration of disease (years) | The amount of OOPs | 0.389 |
Catastrophic health expenditure | 0.594 | |
Poverty resulted from costs | 0.667 |