Table 3 Household catastrophic health expenditures and impoverished costs of breast cancer among different socio-demographic groups of the patients
SES subgroups | Number (%) | Percent of households with CHE at different thresholds | Percent of impoverished households | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40% | 20% | 10% | ||||
Cancer type | Benign | 61 (44.20) | 18.03 | 32.79 | 42.62 | 4.92 |
Malignant | 77 (55.80) | 10.39 | 23.38 | 38.96 | 5.19 | |
Disease duration | <  1 years | 117 (74.78) | 13.68 | 28.21 | 41.88 | 5.13 |
>  1 years | 21 (25.22) | 14.29 | 23.81 | 33.33 | 4.76 | |
Treatment typea b | Chemotherapy | 61 (44.20) | 8.20 | 26.23 | 37.70 | 3.28 |
Radiotherapy | 5 (3.62) | 60.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 9.52 | |
Surgery | 42 (30.43) | 23.81 | 35.71 | 40.48 | 0.00 | |
Others | 30 (21.74) | 3.33 | 6.67 | 36.67 | 3.33 | |
Place of living | Urban | 84 (60.87) | 9.52 | 23.81 | 40.48 | 4.76 |
Rural | 54 (39.13) | 20.37 | 33.33 | 40.74 | 5.56 | |
Household dimension | <  5 persons | 96 (69.57) | 14.58 | 29.17 | 40.63 | 4.17 |
>  4 persons | 42 (30.43) | 11.90 | 23.81 | 40.48 | 7.14 | |
Age | <  40 years | 31 (23.31) | 9.68 | 16.13 | 29.03 | 3.23 |
40–65 years | 95 (71.43) | 14.74 | 30.53 | 44.21 | 5.26 | |
>  65 years | 7 (5.26) | 0.00 | 14.29 | 28.57 | 0.00 | |
Having insurance | Yes | 134 (97.10) | 14.18 | 28.36 | 41.04 | 5.22 |
No | 4 (2.90) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 0.00 | |
Education level | Illiterate | 45 (32.61) | 20.00 | 33.33 | 44.44 | 8.89 |
< University | 82 (52.49) | 12.20 | 24.39 | 36.59 | 3.66 | |
University | 11 (7.97) | 0.00 | 27.27 | 54.55 | 0.00 | |
Marital status | Married | 108 (78.26) | 12.04 | 25.93 | 37.96 | 5.56 |
Unmarried | 30 (21.74) | 20.00 | 33.33 | 50.00 | 3.33 | |