Catastrophic health expenditure due to hospitalisation for COVID-19 treatment in India: findings from a primary survey

Table 2 Quantile regression for size of OOPE on COVID-19 hospitalisation

	OOPE	Coef	SE	P value	95% CI
Residence	Rural	1
Residence	Urban	0	6327	1	− 12,541	12,541
Age	0–14 years	1
	15–39 years	0	16,819	1	− 33,320	33,320
	40–59 years	0	16,607	1	− 32,820	32,820
	Above 60	0	17,330	1	− 34,207	34,207
Sex	Male	1
Sex	Female	0	5906	1	− 11,612	11,612
Education	Not literate	1
	Primary	0	9617	1	− 18,907	18,907
	High school	0	10,129	1	− 19,914	19,914
	12th standard	0	10,489	1	− 20,621	20,621
	Graduation and above	0	14,725	1	− 28,950	28,950
Household size	Up to 5 members	1
Household size	Above 5 members	0	5925	1	− 11,648	11,648
Per capita household expenditure quintile	Poorest	1
	Poor	0	8744	1	− 17,191	17,191
	Middle	0	8412	1	− 16,538	16,538
	Rich	0	8974	1	− 17,644	17,644
	Richest	1000	9320	0.91	− 17,323	19,323
Type of hospital	Public	1
Type of hospital	Private	133,000	6720	< 0.01	119,787	146,213
Duration of hospitalisation		0	613	1.1	− 1206	1206
Ventilator	Used	19,000	12,060	0.11	− 4710	42,710
Anti-viral injection	Used	40,000	8767	< 0.01	22,763	57,237
Oxygen (without ventilator)	Used	5000	9347	0.5	− 13,376	23,376
Private insurance	Insured	− 2000	8888	0.8	− 19,473	15,473

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