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Table 5 Logistic regression of predictors of catastrophic payment due to child childbirth cost

From: Cost of childbirth in Upper West Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Catastrophic payments

Odds Ratio

Standard Error

p > Value

95% Confidence Interval

Home (B)

 CHPS Compound

3.99

2.08

0.01***

1.44,11.08

 Health Centre

5.62

2.78

0.00***

2.13,14.84

 Hospital

13.78

6.99

0.00***

5.10,37.27

Insurance status

 Not insured (B)

    

 Insured

1.02

0.31

0.94

0.56,1.87

Wealth index

    

 Quintile 1 (Poorest)(B)

    

 Quintile 2 (Very poor)

1.34

0.43

0.35

0.72,2.50

 Quintile 3 (Poor)

0.43

0.16

0.02**

0.20,0.89

 Quintile 4 (Less poor)

0.78

0.27

0.47

0.40,1.53

 Quintile 5 (Least poor)

0.38

0.15

0.01***

0.18,0.82

Occupation

 Unemployed (B)

    

 Farmer/trader

0.54

0.27

0.22

0.20,1.44

 Artisan

0.71

0.47

0.60

0.19,2.59

Educational status

 Never been to school (B)

    

 Primary school

0.67

0.20

0.19

0.37,1.22

 Junior High/Middle/Technical School

0.96

0.33

0.90

0.49,1.87

 Secondary and higher

1.77

0.88

0.26

0.66,4.70

  1. * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01; B represents the base category