Economic burden of malaria inpatients during National Malaria Elimination Programme: estimation of hospitalization cost and its inter-province variation

Table 3 Characteristics and hospitalization costs of malaria inpatients (USD)

Characteristics	Inpatients (n)	Percentage (%)	Median of hospitalization cost (USD)	Median of daily cost (USD)
Age
<30	101	23.8	898	150
30–39	117	27.5	977	153
40–49	140	32.9	915	136
>50	67	15.8	885	121
Gender
Male	409	96.2	936	144
Female	16	3.8	741	127
Province^a,b
Henan	270	63.5	1195	166
Hainan	62	14.6	462	87
Guangxi	93	21.9	480	72
Hospital level^a
Secondary hospital	28	6.6	332	101
Tertiary hospital	397	93.4	956	145
Clinic departments^a,b
Infectious unit	248	58.4	1188	160
Internal department	129	30.4	424	79
Other department	48	11.3	1409	168
Length of stay^a				193
<5	89	20.9	426	25
5–7	137	32.2	898	150
8–10	104	24.5	977	153
>10	95	22.4	915	136

^aComparisons of sum hospitalization cost among subgroups tested through Kruskal–Wallis H test, p < 0.05
^bComparisons of daily cost among subgroups tested through Kruskal–Wallis H test, p < 0.05

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