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Table 2 Non-EVD Admissions before and during the EVD outbreak

From: Admissions and surgery as indicators of hospital functions in Sierra Leone during the west-African Ebola outbreak

 

Before EVDa

EVDb

Changec %

Z

Weekly median (SD)

All hospitals (40)

 Total

1804 (105)

880 (465)

−51

−4.7****

 Female

1013 (69)

511 (250)

−50

−4.7****

 Male

812 (58)

366 (218)

−55

−4.8****

Owner

 Governmental (19)

1019 (71)

565 (236)

−45

−4.8****

 Privat non-profit (17)

732 (49)

291 (220)

−60

−4.7****

 Private for-profit (4)

44 (7)

0 (23)

−100

−4.6****

Organisational level

  

 District hospital (35)

1210 (72)

519 (336)

−57

−4.7****

 Regional hospital (3)

373 (37)

206 (105)

−45

−5.0****

 Tertiary hospital (2)

213 (26)

160 (45)

−25

−4.3****

Location

 Western area (13)

556 (43)

253 (160)

−55

−4.6****

 Northen region (13)

631 (56)

310 (208)

−51

−4.1****

 Eastern region (7)

238 (36)

154 (43)

−35

−7.0****

 Southern region (7)

391 (40)

154 (43)

−54

−5.2****

Urban/rural

 Urban (20)

1037 (72)

490 (295)

−53

−4.7****

 Rural (20)

758 (53)

374 (185)

−51

−4.7****

  1. aWeek 1–20, 2014
  2. bFirst 52 weeks of the Ebola outbreak, week 21 of 2014 to week 20 of 2015
  3. cChange in weekly medians by comparing identical institutions and weeks
  4. ****P < 0.005