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Table 3 Direct payment determinant: generalized log linear model

From: Distribution of out of pocket health expenditures in a sub-Saharan Africa country: evidence from the national survey of household standard of living, Côte d’Ivoire

Explanatory variables

Global

Coeff

SE

p valuea

CI95%

Gender (ref: female)

Male

0.26

0.11

0.015*

0.05; 0.48

Age in year (ref: > 65)

0–4

0.41

0.28

0.148

− 0.14; 0.96

5–14

0.07

0.22

0.751

− 0.36; 0.50

15–34

0.10

0.16

0.541

− 0.21; 0.40

35–64

0.06

0.10

0.556

− 0.14; 0.25

Marital status (ref: married)

Divorced or widowed

− 0.18

0.07

0.015*

− 0.32; − 0.03

Single

− 0.52

0.10

< 0.001*

− 0.72; − 0.33

Level of education (ref: superior)

Not educated

− 0.05

0.08

0.497

− 0.21; 0.10

Primary

− 0.07

0.08

0.417

− 0.23; 0.09

Secondary

− 0.04

0.08

0.617

− 0.19; 0.12

Household size (ref: > 7)

1

− 1.48

0.20

< 0.001*

− 1.89; − 1.08

–3

− 0.93

0.13

< 0.001*

− 1.20; − 0.67

4–5

− 0.55

0.08

< 0.001*

− 0.72; − 0.39

6–7

− 0.28

0.06

< 0.001*

− 0.39; − 0.16

Quintile of household expenses (ref: 5)

1

− 1.33

0.20

< 0.001*

− 1.72; − 0.94

2

− 0.98

0.14

< 0.001*

− 1.26; − 0.71

3

− 0.61

0.09

< 0.001*

− 0.79; − 0.44

4

− 0.35

0.05

< 0.001*

− 0.46; − 0.24

Convenience score (ref: 0)

1

− 0.02

0.04

0.65

− 0.09; 0.06

2

0.06

0.05

0.204

− 0.03; 0.15

3

0.03

0.07

0.655

− 0.10; 0.16

4

0.04

0.16

0.799

− 0.28; 0.36

Area of residence (ref: Abidjan)

Urban

− 0.01

0.06

0.91

− 0.12; 0.10

Rural

0.02

0.06

0.74

− 0.10; 0.15

Chronic disease (ref: no reported)

Chronic disease reported

− 0.15

0.29

0.601

− 0.71; 0.41

Insurance or financial aid for treatment payment (ref: no)

Insured or financial aid

− 0.69

0.20

0.001*

− 1.09; − 0.29

Chronic disease + insured or financial aid

0.32

0.14

0.020*

0.05: 0.58

Chronic disease + age in year

0.17

0.06

0.004*

0.05; 0.29

Chronic disease + gender

− 0.20

0.09

0.036*

− 0.38; − 0.01

Quintile + household size

− 0.06

0.01

< 0.001*

− 0.08; − 0.03

Quintile + marital status

0.04

0.01

0.001*

0.02; 0.06

Quintile + insured or financial aid

0.10

0.04

0.005*

0.03; 0.18

Total observation

5396

  1. Ref reference, Coef. coefficient, SE standard error, CI95% confidence interval
  2. a p-value of the log of health expenditure
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