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Table 3 Probit model—Factors associated with the payment of health care services across source healthcare spending

From: Does disability increase households’ health financial risk: evidence from the Uganda demographic and health survey

 

(1)

Out of pocket

(2)

Community-based initiative or savings

(3)

Health insurance through an employer

(4)

Private insurance

Disability

0.092**

(0.031)

0.039

(0.150)

− 0.248

(0.128)

− 0.423**

(0.154)

Private sector for health care

2.970***

(0.034)

0.959***

(0.166)

0.721***

(0.115)

1.038***

(0.295)

Q1

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Q2

0.076

(0.041)

− 0.147

(0.287)

− 0.095

(0.163)

− 0.274

(0.244)

Q3

0.151***

(0.043)

0.264

(0.253)

− 0.344*

(0.168)

0.000a

Q3

0.311***

(0.054)

0.075

(0.271)

0.000a

0.000a

Single

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Married

0.216**

(0.071)

− 0.234

(0.275)

− 0.080

(0.146)

− 0.339

(0.270)

Widowed, divorced or separated

0.176*

(0.077)

− 0.362

(0.284)

− 0.341

(0.183)

− 0.646*

(0.311)

No education

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Primary

− 0.019

(0.041)

0.134

(0.256)

− 0.582***

(0.133)

0.198

(0.374)

More than secondary

− 0.090

(0.050)

0.230

(0.292)

0.000a

0.369

(0.327)

Rural

0.068

(0.042)

0.073

(0.170)

− 0.406***

(0.101)

0.116

(0.147)

Female

− 0.073*

(0.036)

− 0.074

(0.188)

0.088

(0.103)

0.478**

(0.161)

Age

− 0.019***

(0.005)

0.008

(0.027)

0.050*

(0.024)

0.025

(0.028)

Age squared

0.000***

(0.000)

− 0.000

(0.000)

− 0.001

(0.000)

− 0.000

(0.000)

Central

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Eastern

− 0.076

(0.044)

0.000a

− 0.475*

(0.195)

0.000a

Northern

− 0.224***

(0.046)

0.521

(0.349)

− 0.163

(0.156)

0.000a

Western

− 0.299***

(0.041)

1.206***

(0.281)

− 0.113

(0.127)

0.290*

(0.131)

Number of children under 5

0.010

(0.014)

0.039

(0.059)

− 0.194*

(0.081)

0.082

(0.102)

Constant

− 1.117***

(0.124)

− 4.671***

(0.563)

− 3.171***

(0.468)

− 4.753***

(0.592)

Number of observations

19,305

15,371

12,729

5882

  1. Standard errors in parentheses. The different components are: (1) Directly out-of-pocket; (2) community-based initiative/saving; (3) health insurance through an employer; (4) other privately purchased commercial health insurance
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  3. aNot estimated due to the weakness of sample and variable contains many missing values. Variables “Community-based initiative/saving”, “health insurance through an employer”, “other privately purchased commercial health insurance” contain missing data