Table 1 Characteristics of patients referrals from surgical and obstetric wards
Variables | Geita Region n (%) | Kagera Region n (%) | Mara Region n (%) | Shinyanga/Simiyu Regions n (%) | All regions n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean, SD) | – | – | – | – | 34.6 (24.2) |
Average monthly inpatient volume | 2623 (22.3) | 3306 (28.1) | 3297 (28.0) | 2546 (21.6) | 11,772 (100) |
Sex | |||||
 Male | 82 (51.2) | 95 (66.0) | 90 (66.2) | 143 (47.2) | 410 (55.2) |
 Female | 78 (48.8) | 49 (34.0) | 46 (33.8) | 160 (52.8) | 333 (44.8) |
Facility level | |||||
 Health Center | 36 (22.5) | 36 (25.0) | 19 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 91 (12.2) |
 District Hospital | 49 (30.6) | 74 (51.4) | 88 (64.7) | 171 (56.4) | 382 (51.4) |
 Regional Hospital | 75 (46.9) | 34 (23.6) | 29 (21.3) | 13 (43.6) | 270 (36.3) |
Pre-referral Managementa | |||||
 Surgical | 8 (4.9) | 83 (55.0) | 36 (24.8) | 39 (12.8) | 166 (22.3) |
 Medical | 153 (93.3) | 49 (34.0) | 107 (73.8) | 265 (86.6) | 574 (77.3) |
 Obstetric | 3 (1.8) | 19 (12.6) | 2 (1.4) | 2 (0.7) | 26 (3.5) |
Pre-referral Condition | |||||
 Emergency | 79 (49.4) | 75 (52.1) | 49 (36.0) | 69 (22.7) | 272 (36.6) |
 Elective | 81 (50.6) | 69 (47.9) | 87 (64.0) | 234 (77.2) | 471 (63.4) |
Total | 160 (21.5) | 144 (19.4) | 136 (18.3) | 303 (40.8) | 743 (100) |