Research Article
Household Financial Burden and Poverty Impacts of Cancer Treatment in Vietnam
Table 2
Logistic regression analysis of the correlates of impoverishment.
| Subgroup | Odd ratio | 95% CI | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| Gender | | | | Male | Ref | | | Female | 1.03 | 0.64 | 1.65 | Age group | | | | <44 | Ref | | | 44–60 | | 1.14 | 2.73 | >60 | | 1.03 | 2.98 | Education level | | | | No school | Ref | | | Primary school | 0.73 | 0.27 | 1.93 | Secondary/high school | 0.88 | 0.34 | 2.24 | Vocational school | 1.05 | 0.25 | 4.37 | College/university | 1.22 | 0.42 | 3.51 | Working status | | | | Do not have paid work | Ref | | | Have paid work | 1.16 | 0.79 | 1.71 | Health insurance status | | | | Do not have health insurance | Ref | | | Have health insurance | 0.99 | 0.66 | 1.5 | Household income level | | | | <100% of mean national income | | 18.6 | 45.24 | 100%–200% of mean national income | | 1.69 | 4.93 | >200% of mean national income | Ref | | | Cancer site location | | | | At hematological/blood system | Ref | | | At respiratory system | 1.76 | 0.34 | 9.07 | At digestive system | 1.39 | 0.27 | 7.22 | At reproductive system | 1.89 | 0.36 | 9.99 | Breast cancer | 2.19 | 0.42 | 11.42 | Other cancer | 1.71 | 0.33 | 8.78 | Cancer grade | | | | Cancer grade I | Ref | | | Cancer grade II | 0.6 | 0.26 | 1.39 | Cancer grade III | 0.77 | 0.36 | 1.64 | Type of treatment | | | | Surgery alone | Ref | | | Nonsurgery | | 1.32 | 4.59 | Multiple | | 1.38 | 4.17 |
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significant result. or radiotherapy or hormonal therapy or biopharmaceutical therapy alone. treatments include both surgery and nonsurgery treatments.
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