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Table 3 Volume of all surgeries, caesarean deliveries and inguinal hernia repairs in 2012 and during the first year of the EVD outbreak

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

 

2012a

EVDb

Changec %

Z

Weekly median (SD)

All hospitals

 All surgeries

383 (33)

227 (83)

−41

− 7.1****

 Cesarean deliveries

87 (3)

91 (22)

5

−0.2, P = 0.820

 Inguinal hernia repair

90 (19)

30 (21)

−67

−8.0****

Governmental (19)

 All surgeries

182 (9)

125 (40)

−31

−6.3****

 Cesarean deliveries

49 (6)

71 (16)

45

−5.8****

 Inguinal hernia repair

50 (8)

19 (12)

−62

−7.7****

Privat non-profit (17)

 All surgeries

188 (21)

88 (52)

−53

−6.7****

 Cesarean deliveries

35 (10)

20 (10)

−43

−6.6****

 Inguinal hernia repair

36 (10)

12 (10)

−67

−7.3****

Private for-profit (4)

 All surgeries

10 (3)

0 (5)

−100

−6.6****

 Cesarean deliveries

3 (1)

0 (1)

−100

−7.0****

 Inguinal hernia repair

3 (1)

0 (1)

−100

−5.0****

  1. a52 weeks in 2012 [24]
  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