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Table 1 Catastrophic dental health expenditure and catastrophic medicine health expenditure among households insured by social security organization in Iran

From: Exploring dental and medicine health expenditures in Iran: financial protection and inequality analysis

Variables

Mean

Prevalence of catastrophic dental health expenditure (95% CI)

Prevalence of catastrophic medicine expenditure (95% CI)

Age of household head in year

44.5

6.2 (5.1 to 7.4)

4.9 (4.0 to 6.0)

Sex of household head

Male

0.85

6.5 (5.4 to 7.9)

4.8 (3.8 to 6.1)

Female

0.15

4.1 (2.2 to 7.4)

5.6 (3.4 to 9.4)

Education status of the household head

Illiterate

0.07

3.2 (1.2 to 8.4)

3.2 (1.2 to 8.4)

Less than diploma

0.28

4.2 (2.7 to 6.5)

5.9 (4.1 to 8.4)

Diploma to bachelor

0.52

6.6 (5.1 to 8.4)

4.9 (3.7 to 6.6)

Master to Ph.D

0.13

10.2 (6.8 to 14.9)

3.6 (1.8 to 6.9)

Living area

Urban

0.93

6.6 (5.5 to 7.9)

5.0 (4.0 to 6.2)

Rural

0.07

0.8 (0.1 to 5.5)

4.0 (1.6 to 9.3)

Having supplementary health insurance

Yes

0.53

7.8 (6.2 to 9.8)

5.4 (4.0 to 7.2)

No

0.47

4.5 (3.2 to 6.2)

4.6 (3.4 to 6.2)

Household having member over 65 years old

Yes

0.84

9.6 (6.6 to 13.8)

8.6 (5.7 to 12.5)

No

0.16

5.5 (4.4 to 6.8)

4.2 (3.3 to 5.4)

Household having member(s) with chronic disease (s)

Yes

0.60

–

6.8 (5.1 to 8.9)

No

0.40

–

3.7 (2.7 to 5.1)

Economic status of household

Poorest

0.20

9.9 (7.1 to 13.7)

16.8 (13.2 to 21.3)

Poor

0.20

5.8 (3.8 to 8.9)

3.2 (1.8 to 5.7)

Middle

0.22

6.9 (4.7 to 9.9)

2.9 (1.6 to 5.2)

Rich

0.19

3.8 (2.2 to 6.6)

–

Richest

0.19

4.1 (2.4 to 6.9)

1.5 (0.6 to 3.7)

Province

Golestan

0.13

10.2 (6.7 to 14.9)

5.5 (3.1 to 9.5)

Kermanshah

0.26

1.5 (0.7 to 3.3)

1.1 (0.4 to 2.7)

Tehran

0.19

7.8 (5.3 to 11.3)

3.7 (2.1 to 6.5)

Yazd

0.24

3.9 (2.4 to 6.3)

2.9 (1.7 to 5.1)

Sistan and Baluchestan

0.18

11.5 (8.3 to 15.7)

14.2 (10.6 to 18.7)

  1. CI is the confidence interval