Table 6 Univariate and multiple regression analyses for HD related health care costs
Total Health Care costsa | (SE) | Total Societal costsb | Coef. | SE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | Coef. | (SE) | |||||
Variable | Category | Uni | Multi | Uni | Multi | ||||
Age group | < 50 (ref) | ||||||||
50–60 | 1.57** | (0.52) | 1.07* | (0.49) | 1.22* | (0.48) | 0.33 | (0.42) | |
> 60 | 1.28* | (0.50) | 1.03* | (0.47) | 0.24 | (0.47) | −0.24 | (0.40) | |
Gender | Female (ref) | ||||||||
Male | −0.50 | (0.43) | − 0.15 | (0.35) | − 0.96** | (0.36) | − 0.75* | (0.30) | |
Stage | Early (ref) | ||||||||
Moderate | 0.89* | (0.44) | 0.77 | (0.46) | 0.92** | (0.39) | 0.80* | (0.39) | |
Advanced | 2.62*** | (0.39) | 2.62*** | (0.47) | 2.31*** | (0.34) | 1.85*** | (0.41) | |
Disease duration | 0.11* | (0.04) | −0.04 | (0.04) | 0.13*** | (0.04) | 0.04 | (0.04) | |
Comorbidities | No (ref) | ||||||||
Yes | −0.37 | (0.43) | 0.11 | (0.39) | −0.78** | (0.37) | −0.18 | (0.33) | |
Marital status | Single | ||||||||
Married | −0.34 | (0.42) | 0.03 | (0.36) | −0.59 | (0.37) | −0.001 | (0.30) | |
Constant | 9.03** | (0.53) | 11.84*** | (0.45) | |||||
Adj R-sq. | 0.36 | 0.40 | |||||||