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Table 1 Characteristics of inpatients at Iguhu hospital (n = 746)

From: Rethinking the economic costs of hospitalization for malaria: accounting for the comorbidities of malaria patients in western Kenya

Characteristic

n (%)

Sex

 

Male

268 (36)

Female

478 (64)

Age group (years)

 

≤5

322 (43)

5≤12

150 (20)

>12

274 (37)

Comorbidity

 

0

567 (76)

1 or more1

179 (24)

Length of stay (days)

 

1

36 (5)

2

189 (25)

3

323 (43)

4

100 (13)

5 or more

99 (13)

Mean length of stay (STD)

3.1 (1.3)

Outcomes

 

Discharged home

720 (98)

Transferred

9 (1)

Deceased

7 (1)

Missing

10

Pregnancy status characteristics

Pregnant

41

Mean weeks (min-max)

28 (17–35)

Age

27.5 (16–53)

  1. 1Includes documented treatment respiratory tract infection, dehydration and diarrhoea or dehydration and parasites, anaemia