Table 1. Baseline Characteristics.

From: Impact of Non-Payment of Salaries on Treatment Interruption among Patients with Diabetes

Category Paid (n = 604, 92.2%) Past non-payment (n = 36, 5.5%) Recent non-payment (n = 15, 2.3%)
Age (mean [SD]) 57.78 (11.68) 42.08 (14.62) 41.00 (18.12)
Sex (%) Male 503 (83.3) 31 (86.1) 14 (93.3)
Female 101 (16.7) 5 (13.9) 1 (6.7)
Working conditions (%) Self-employed 108 (17.9) 4 (11.1) 3 (20.0)
Permanent employed 327 (54.1) 25 (69.4) 9 (60.0)
Temporary employed 169 (28.0) 7 (19.4) 3 (20.0)
Education (%) Graduate from university/graduate school 299 (49.5) 17 (47.2) 10 (66.7)
Non-graduate from university/graduate school 305 (50.5) 19 (52.8) 5 (33.3)
Annual household income (%) <3 million yen 83 (13.7) 14 (38.9) 2 (13.3)
≥3 million yen 416 (68.9) 21 (58.3) 13 (86.7)
Not applicable 105 (17.4) 1 (2.8) 0 (0.0)
Marital status (%) Married 415 (68.7) 22 (61.1) 8 (53.3)
Unmarried 132 (21.9) 9 (25.0) 5 (33.3)
Divorced/widowed 57 (9.4) 5 (13.9) 2 (13.3)
House ownership (%) Yes 445 (73.8) 21 (58.3) 11 (73.3)
No 158 (26.2) 15 (41.7) 4 (26.7)
Table 2. Association between Payment and Treatment Interruption.

From: Impact of Non-Payment of Salaries on Treatment Interruption among Patients with Diabetes

Paid Past non-payment Recent non-payment
N of events/n (%) RR N of events/n (%) RR 95% CI N of events/n (%) RR 95% CI
Unadjusted (n = 655) 58/604 (9.6) 1.00 (reference) 8/36 (22.2) 2.31 1.20-4.47 7/15 (46.7) 4.86 2.68-8.80
Multivariable adjusteda (n = 655) 58/604 (9.6) 1.00 (reference) 8/36 (22.2) 2.00 0.92-4.36 7/15 (46.7) 4.58 2.34-8.97
Multivariable adjustedb (n = 549; complete case analysis) 52/499 (10.4) 1.00 (reference) 8/35 (22.9) 1.97 0.90-4.31 7/15 (46.7) 4.28 2.17-8.46
Table 3. Association between Payment and Treatment Interruption for Men.

From: Impact of Non-Payment of Salaries on Treatment Interruption among Patients with Diabetes

Paid Past non-payment Recent non-payment
N of events/n (%) RR N of events/n (%) RR 95% CI N of events/n (%) RR 95% CI
Unadjusted (n = 548) 45/503 (9.0) 1.00 (reference) 8/31 (25.8) 2.89 1.49-5.57 6/14 (42.9) 4.79 2.46-9.33
Multivariable adjusteda (n = 548) 45/503 (9.0) 1.00 (reference) 8/31 (25.8) 2.06 0.88-4.86 6/14 (42.9) 3.67 1.58-8.51
Multivariable adjustedb (n = 471) 41/426 (9.6) 1.00 (reference) 8/31 (25.8) 1.99 0.84-4.74 6/14 (42.9) 3.53 1.49-8.36
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