A Cross-sectional Study for Examining Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure Across Socio-demographic Variables among Employees in a Sedentary Occupation
- Title
- A Cross-sectional Study for Examining Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure Across Socio-demographic Variables among Employees in a Sedentary Occupation
- Creator
- Yadav M.; Bathirasamy V.
- Description
- Health expenditure above a certain threshold level can result in a financial catastrophe by reducing the expenses on necessities. Certain socio-demographic variables have been observed to play a role in influencing catastrophic healthcare expenditure, guiding the present study to examine this scenario for employees in sedentary occupations. A cross-sectional study has been conducted among 370 employees recruited through a random sampling technique. Multinomial logistic regression was used to test the main objective of the study. The factors associated with a higher probability of catastrophic healthcare expenditure were males with increasing age. Years of work experience tend to be associated with a lower likelihood of catastrophic healthcare expenditure. No conclusive evidence could be drawn for BMI, income, marital status and education. 2024 Indian Journal of Community Medicine.
- Source
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol-49, No. 4, pp. 638-641.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Subject
- Catastrophic healthcare expenditure; sedentary occupation; socio-demographic variables
- Coverage
- Yadav M., Department of Economics, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Bathirasamy V., Department of Economics, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 9700218
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Yadav M.; Bathirasamy V., “A Cross-sectional Study for Examining Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure Across Socio-demographic Variables among Employees in a Sedentary Occupation,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13610.