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Table 6 Probability of financial burden on patient and family members due to out-of-pocket expenditure on medications (odds ratio) (95% CI) (Ordered Logit model)

From: Understanding out-of-pocket spending and financial hardship among patients who succumb to cancer and their caregivers

 

Model 1

Model 2

Patient’s education (1: 1–4 year–4: 13 + years)

0.543** (0.299–0.985)

0.560** (0.313–0.998)

Patient’s incapacity (0: able to perform all Activities of Daily Living (ADL)–2: totally unable to perform ADL)

1.377* (0.960–1.975)

1.265 (0.882–1.814)

Household’s economic capacity (1: with great difficulty–4: easily)

0.527*** (0.387–0.720)

 

Household income above average (1: far below average–5: far above average)

 

0.679*** (0.518–0.892)

Pseudo R2

0.1852

0.1501

N

188

188

  1. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01