Research Article
Factors Influencing Nonrenewal of Health Insurance Membership in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ashanti Region, Ghana
Table 3
Logistics regression of household factors that influence the nonrenewal of health insurance membership.
| Characteristic | Univariate logistic regression | Multivariate logistic regression | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | value | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | value |
| Income | | 0.05 | | 0.01 | Below 500 | Ref | | Ref | | 500–1000 | 0.655 | 0.337–1.270 | 0.21 | 0.216 | 0.075–0.617 | 0.01 | 1001–2000 | 1.323 | 0.673–2.600 | 0.42 | 0.085 | 0.019–0.382 | 0.01 | 2001–3000 | 2.426 | 0.704–8.368 | 0.16 | 0.197 | 0.027–1.433 | 0.11 | Over 3001 | 3.882 | 0.231–65.303 | 0.34 | 0.369 | 0.010–13.241 | 0.58 |
| Expenditure | | 0.01 | | Below 100 | Ref | | Ref | | 100–200 | 1.150 | 0.235–6.608 | 0.86 | 1.662 | 0.284–9.721 | 0.57 | 201–500 | 2.732 | 0.602–12.39 | 0.19 | 7.344 | 1.094–49.263 | 0.04 | 501–700 | 2.824 | 0.594–13.424 | 0.19 | 20.720 | 2.398–179.066 | 0.01 | 701–1000 | 8.625 | 1.796–41.408 | 0.01 | 46.278 | 4.686–457.004 | 0.01 | Above 1000 | 5.367 | 1.108–29.003 | 0.04 | 23.890 | 2.219–257.156 | 0.01 |
| Health status | Ref | | 0.01 | Ref | | Excellent | | Very good | 0.488 | 0.115–2.053 | 0.33 | 0.852 | 0.189–3.849 | 0.84 | Good | 0.134 | 0.032–0.564 | 0.01 | 0.266 | 0.057–1.250 | 0.09 | Fair | 0.353 | 0.066–1.873 | 0.22 | 0.439 | 0.062–3.097 | 0.42 | Poor | 0.500 | 0.0313–7.994 | 0.63 | 0.222 | 0.006–8.736 | 0.42 |
| Presence of chronic disease in household | | 0.07 | | Yes | Ref | | Ref | | No | 1.868 | 0.916–3.808 | 0.09 | 2.073 | 0.852–5.044 | 0.11 |
| Number of individuals in a household | | 0.01 | | 1–3 | Ref | | Ref | | 4–6 | 0.462 | 0.276–0.775 | 0.01 | 0.625 | 0.258–1.514 | 0.30 | 7 and above | 0.873 | 0.351–2.170 | 0.77 | 0.796 | 0.140–4.515 | 0.80 |
| Number of children in a household | | 0.01 | | 0 | Ref | | Ref | | 1 | 0.937 | 0.460–1.910 | 0.85 | 1.008 | 0.442–2.297 | 0.97 | 2 | 0.318 | 0.156–0.652 | 0.01 | 0.644 | 0.236–1.758 | 0.39 | 3 | 0.419 | 0.196–0.893 | 0.02 | 0.782 | 0.250–2.448 | 0.67 | 4 | 0.518 | 0.190–1.140 | 0.20 | 0.919 | 0.229–3.696 | 0.91 | 5 | 0.806 | 0.152–4.278 | 0.80 | 0.981 | 0.105–9.199 | 0.99 | 6 | 1.450 | 0.321–6.553 | 0.63 | 1.156 | 0.097–13.791 | 0.91 |
| Number of aged in household | | 0.01 | | 0 | Ref | | Ref | | 1 | 0.353 | 0.177–0.704 | 0.01 | 0.718 | 0.312–1.653 | 0.44 | 2 | 0.239 | 0.111–0.652 | 0.01 | 0.901 | 0.294–2.760 | 0.86 | 3 and above | 4.234 | 0.691–25.935 | 0.12 | 9.415 | 0.704–125.87 | 0.90 |
| Wealth status of household | | 0.19 | | Poor | Ref | | Ref | | Middle class | 0.478 | 0.216–1.059 | 0.07 | 0.488 | 0.1556–1.533 | 0.22 | Rich | 1.050 | 0.084–12.995 | 0.97 | 1.146 | 0.039–33.246 | 0.94 |
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