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Table 3 Household catastrophic health expenditures and impoverished costs of breast cancer among different socio-demographic groups of the patients

From: Incidence of household catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures among patients with Breast Cancer in Iran

SES subgroups Number (%) Percent of households with CHE at different thresholds Percent of impoverished households
40% 20% 10%
Cancer type Benign 61 (44.20) 18.03 32.79 42.62 4.92
Malignant 77 (55.80) 10.39 23.38 38.96 5.19
Disease duration <  1 years 117 (74.78) 13.68 28.21 41.88 5.13
>  1 years 21 (25.22) 14.29 23.81 33.33 4.76
Treatment typea b Chemotherapy 61 (44.20) 8.20 26.23 37.70 3.28
Radiotherapy 5 (3.62) 60.00 100.00 100.00 9.52
Surgery 42 (30.43) 23.81 35.71 40.48 0.00
Others 30 (21.74) 3.33 6.67 36.67 3.33
Place of living Urban 84 (60.87) 9.52 23.81 40.48 4.76
Rural 54 (39.13) 20.37 33.33 40.74 5.56
Household dimension <  5 persons 96 (69.57) 14.58 29.17 40.63 4.17
>  4 persons 42 (30.43) 11.90 23.81 40.48 7.14
Age <  40 years 31 (23.31) 9.68 16.13 29.03 3.23
40–65 years 95 (71.43) 14.74 30.53 44.21 5.26
>  65 years 7 (5.26) 0.00 14.29 28.57 0.00
Having insurance Yes 134 (97.10) 14.18 28.36 41.04 5.22
No 4 (2.90) 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00
Education level Illiterate 45 (32.61) 20.00 33.33 44.44 8.89
< University 82 (52.49) 12.20 24.39 36.59 3.66
University 11 (7.97) 0.00 27.27 54.55 0.00
Marital status Married 108 (78.26) 12.04 25.93 37.96 5.56
Unmarried 30 (21.74) 20.00 33.33 50.00 3.33
  1. aindicates significant difference for catastrophic health expenditures at 40% threshold between subgroups
  2. bindicates significant difference for catastrophic health expenditures at 20% threshold between subgroups
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