Table 4 Multivariable analysis findings for different types of acute healthcare expenditure
Total Cost per Year | Inpatient Cost | Emergency Department Cost | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Without MHC | With MHC | Without MHC | With MHC | ||||||
b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | ||
Age group (ref: 18–34) | 35–49 | -0.308 | 0.283 | 2.018* | 0.788 | -0.635*** | 0.192 | -0.653 | 0.364 |
50–64 | 0.950** | 0.297 | -0.0735 | 1.001 | -0.382 | 0.202 | -1.221** | 0.453 | |
65 + | 0.738* | 0.374 | 1.481 | 1.258 | -0.184 | 0.235 | -1.017 | 0.674 | |
Sex(ref: Male) | Female | -0.0234 | 0.196 | -0.287 | 0.544 | 0.0557 | 0.138 | 0.500 | 0.319 |
Race (ref: Chinese) | Malay | 0.180 | 0.265 | 0.620 | 0.890 | 0.772*** | 0.177 | 0.696 | 0.382 |
Indian | 0.451 | 0.268 | 1.890* | 0.866 | 0.886*** | 0.176 | 0.953* | 0.370 | |
Others | 0.223 | 0.395 | 1.699 | 1.253 | 0.585* | 0.264 | 0.997 | 0.601 | |
Education (ref: Primary) | Secondary/ Junior College / ITE | -0.0148 | 0.296 | 0.635 | 0.899 | 0.0767 | 0.196 | -0.825 | 0.467 |
Diploma/ Degree | -0.604 | 0.326 | -0.0770 | 0.951 | -0.781*** | 0.213 | -1.759*** | 0.487 | |
No. of CMC | 0.354*** | 0.069 | 0.329 | 0.190 | 0.323*** | 0.045 | 0.281* | 0.110 | |
Constant | 5.551*** | 0.404 | 3.877** | 1.321 | 2.692*** | 0.277 | 3.807*** | 0.562 | |
Observations | 2566 | 511 | 2566 | 511 | |||||