From: Association between chronic disease and catastrophic health expenditure in Korea
Variables | Catastrophic health expenditure occurrence | Catastrophic health expenditure non-occurrence | Total | p-value | ||
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By household | By household | |||||
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |||
Sex of head of household | <.0001 | |||||
Male | 188 | 3.2 | 5,752 | 96.8 | 5,940 | |
Female | 60 | 5.6 | 1,006 | 94.4 | 1,066 | |
Age of head of household (years) | <.0001 | |||||
20-39 | 6 | 0.4 | 1,458 | 99.6 | 1,464 | |
40-59 | 42 | 1.3 | 3,216 | 98.7 | 3,258 | |
60-79 | 183 | 8.5 | 1,980 | 91.5 | 2,163 | |
Economic level of household | <.0001 | |||||
Third quintile | 4 | 0.2 | 2,332 | 99.8 | 2,336 | |
Second quintile | 17 | 0.7 | 2,392 | 99.3 | 2,409 | |
First quintile | 227 | 10.0 | 2,034 | 90.0 | 2,261 | |
Education level of head of household | <.0001 | |||||
Less than elementary school | 123 | 8.1 | 1,399 | 91.9 | 1,522 | |
Middle school | 41 | 4.9 | 803 | 95.1 | 844 | |
High school | 53 | 2.2 | 2,357 | 97.8 | 2,410 | |
Greater than college | 31 | 1.4 | 2,199 | 98.6 | 2,230 | |
Head of household’s job type | <.0001 | |||||
Regular employee | 44 | 1.7 | 2,587 | 98.3 | 2,631 | |
Temporary employee | 46 | 3.6 | 1,234 | 96.4 | 1,280 | |
Employer or owner/operator | 122 | 4.9 | 2,357 | 95.1 | 2,479 | |
Unpaid family worker | 2 | 3.6 | 53 | 96.4 | 55 | |
Household composition | <.0001 | |||||
Adult household (15–624 years old) | 206 | 3.3 | 6,098 | 96.7 | 6,304 | |
Senior citizen who lives alone | 24 | 15.4 | 131 | 84.6 | 155 | |
Elderly household | 11 | 27.5 | 29 | 72.5 | 40 | |
Type of medical insurance | 0.6761 | |||||
Self-employed or employees | 230 | 3.5 | 6,355 | 96.5 | 6,585 | |
Medical aid beneficiaries | 14 | 4.1 | 323 | 95.9 | 337 | |
Uninsured, self-pay | 4 | 4.8 | 80 | 95.2 | 84 | |
Chronic disease present in household? | <.0001 | |||||
Yes | 242 | 4.6 | 4,996 | 95.4 | 5,238 | |
No | 6 | 0.3 | 1,761 | 99.7 | 1,767 | |
Total | 248 | 3.5 | 6,758 | 96.5 | 7,006 |