Household catastrophic health expenditure and its effective factors: a case of Iran

Table 1 Frequency of facing CHEs according to the studied household and individual’s characteristics

Characteristics	Facing catastrophic health expenditures
	Yes N = 122 (16.49%)		No N = 618 (83.51%)		P-value
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	P-value
Household income quintile
First	71	58.2	312	50.5	0.19
Second	32	26.2	222	35.9
Third	8	6.6	48	7.8
Fourth	7	5.7	20	3.2
Fifth	4	3.3	16	2.6
Having a family member over 65 years of age
No	11	9	63	10.2	0.42
Yes	111	91	555	89.8
Having children under 5 years old
No	21	14.8	91	14.7	0.54
Yes	121	85.2	527	85.3
Homeownership
Tenant	93		338		< 0.001
Owner	29	23.8	280	453
Having disabled family members
No	28	23	499	78.3	< 0.001
Yes	94	77	119	21.7
Having supplementary health insurance coverage
No	76	62.3	262	42.4	< 0.001
Yes	46	37.7	356	57.6
Household size
1–2	18	14.8	120	19.4	0.75
3–4	83	68	352	57
> 4	21	17.4	146	23.6

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