Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients
Characteristics | All (n = 138) | Health center (n = 44) | Hospital (n = 94) | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic | ||||
Sex; n (%) | ||||
Male | 83 (60.14) | 31 (70.45) | 52 (55.32) | 0.091** |
Female | 55 (39.85) | 13 (29.54) | 42 (44.68) | |
Insurance during admission or visit; n (%) | ||||
Free health care | 119 (86.23) | 44 (100) | 75 (79.79) | 0.016** |
MFP | 10 (7.25) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (10.64) | |
Private insurance and personal payment | 9 (6.52) | 0 (0.0) | 9(9.57) | |
Age (months), | ||||
Mean | 14.45 | 13.42 | 14.94 | 0.712*** |
(SD, median) | (9.67,11.36) | (7.48,12.58) | (10.54,11.27) | |
Clinical | ||||
Patient type; n (%) | ||||
Outpatient | 109 (78.99) | 44 (100) | 65 (69.15) | < 0.001** |
Inpatient | 29 (21.01) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (30.85) | |
Complication with dehydration; n (%) | ||||
Without dehydration | 78 (56.52) | 44 (100) | 34 (36.17) | < 0.001** |
With dehydration | 60 (43.48) | 0 (0.0) | 60 (63.83) | |
Discharge outcome; n (%) | ||||
Alive | 137 (99.28) | 44 (100) | 93 (98.94) | 1.000**** |
Dead | 1 (0.72) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.06) | |
Duration group before visit or admission; n (%) | ||||
< 2 days | 73 (52.90) | 27(61.36) | 46 (48.94) | 0.173** |
> 2 days | 65 (47.10) | 17 (38.64) | 48 (51.06) | |
Duration before visit or admission; day | ||||
Mean | 2.99 | 2.30 | 3.19 | 0.030*** |
(SD, Median) | (2.76, 2.00) | (1.96, 2.00) | (3.02, 3.00) | |
Episode duration; day | ||||
Mean | 7.02 | 6.07 | 7.47 | 0.004*** |
(SD, Median) | (4.97),6 | (5.27),4.50 | (4.79),6.00 | |