The impact of out-of pocket payments of households for dental healthcare services on catastrophic healthcare expenditure in Iran

Table 3 Crude and adjusted odds ratio showing the relationship of explanatory variables between paid for catastrophic dental healthcare expenditure of households in Iran

	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Overall households^a	4.3 (3.8–4.9)^*	6.2 (5.4–7.1)^*
Urban/rural status^b
Urban area	5.8 (4.9–6.9)^*	7.8 (6.4–9.4)^*
Rural area	3.4 (2.8–4.2)^*	4.7 (3.7–5.7)^*
Province category based on HDI^c
Low	3.6 (2.8–4.8)^*	5.5 (4.1–7.4)^*
Medium	3.8 (3.1–4.7)^*	5.6 (4.5–7.1)^*
High	5.5 (4.4–6.9)^*	7.4 (5.9–9.5)^*

Note: ^a adjusted for age of household head, gender of head of household, education status of head of household, health insurance coverage, households with under 5 year old children, member of 66 years and above, wealth index of household, residence, and province category based on HDI; ^b adjusted for age of head of household, gender of head of household, education status of head of household, health insurance coverage, households with under 5 year old children, member of 66 years and above, wealth index of household and province category based on HD; ^c adjusted for age of head of household, gender of head of household, education status of head of household, health insurance coverage, member of 5 years and under, member of 66 years and above, wealth index of household and residing of area. * Significant level < 0.001

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