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Table 4 Association between chronic disease and CHE with different thresholds (N = 6483)

From: Chronic diseases and catastrophic health expenditures in elderly Chinese households: a cohort study

Variables

Catastrophic health expenditure with different thresholds, OR (95%CI)

Threshold1a

Threshold2b

Threshold3c

Chronic disease (compared with no chronic disease)

Single chronic disease

1.33*** (1.22–1.46)

1.35*** (1.24–1.46)

1.61*** (1.38–1.89)

Multimorbidity

1.50*** (1.37–1.64)

1.45*** (1.34–1.58)

2.28*** (1.89–2.75)

N

6483

6483

6483

  1. aThreshold 1:≥25% of households’ total expenditure; bThreshold 2: ≥10% of households’ total non-food expenditure; cThreshold 3 ≥ 25% of households’ total non–food expenditure
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; 0R, odds ratio;CI, confidence interval
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