From: Illness and medical and other expenditures: observations from western and eastern China
 | Presence of chronic disease | Presence of inpatient treatment | ||||||
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 | Eastern | Western | Eastern | Western | ||||
 | aOR | p-value | aOR | p-value | aOR | p-value | aOR | p-value |
Basic | 1.013 | 0.184 | 0.975 | 0.028 | 1.009 | 0.388 | 0.995 | 0.675 |
Education | 1.001 | 0.824 | 1.009 | 0.237 | 0.988 | 0.077 | 1.018 | 0.022 |
Medical expense | 0.992 | 0.457 | 1.013 | 0.280 | 1.017 | 0.092 | 1.005 | 0.688 |
Savings/Investment | 0.993 | 0.341 | 0.995 | 0.842 | 1.000 | 0.968 | 1.011 | 0.180 |
Entertainment | 0.993 | 0.284 | 1.000 | 0.963 | 0.994 | 0.347 | 1.006 | 0.442 |
Insurance | 1.000 | 0.984 | 1.026 | 0.029 | 0.985 | 0.134 | 0.973 | 0.019 |
Durable goods | 1.015 | 0.162 | 1.004 | 0.762 | 0.992 | 0.465 | 0.981 | 0.157 |
Alcohol/Tobacco | 0.979 | 0.072 | 1.004 | 0.717 | 1.006 | 0.611 | 1.018 | 0.156 |