A Cross-sectional Study for Examining Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure Across Socio-demographic Variables among Employees in a Sedentary Occupation
| Autor: | Monika Yadav, Viji Bathirasamy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 49, Iss 4, Pp 638-641 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0970-0218 1998-3581 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_768_22 |
| Popis: | Health expenditure above a certain threshold level can result in a financial catastrophe by reducing the expenses on necessities. Certain socio-demographic variables have been observed to play a role in influencing catastrophic healthcare expenditure, guiding the present study to examine this scenario for employees in sedentary occupations. A cross-sectional study has been conducted among 370 employees recruited through a random sampling technique. Multinomial logistic regression was used to test the main objective of the study. The factors associated with a higher probability of catastrophic healthcare expenditure were males with increasing age. Years of work experience tend to be associated with a lower likelihood of catastrophic healthcare expenditure. No conclusive evidence could be drawn for BMI, income, marital status and education. |
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