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Table 2 Background Characteristics of the Sick Newborn

From: Impact of free newborn care service package on out of pocket expenditure‐evidence from a multicentric study in Nepal

Variables

Before FNC (n = 353)

After FNC (n = 1122)

Total

(n = 1475)

p-value

Maternal age

23.65 ± 4.01

24.09 ± 4.49

23.98 ± 4.38

 

 20–35

254 (72.0 %)

818 (72.9 %)

1072 (72.7 %)

 

 < 20

96 (27.2 %)

285 (25.4 %)

381 (25.8 %)

0.56

 ≥ 35

3 (0.8 %)

19 (1.7 %)

22 (1.5 %)

0.28

Education

 Secondary and above

266 (75.4 %)

717 (63.9 %)

983 (66.6 %)

 

 Illiterate

19 (5.4 %)

94 (8.4 %)

113 (7.7 %)

0.02

 Literate

31 (8.8 %)

137 (12.2 %)

168 (11.4 %)

0.02

 Basic education

37 (10.5 %)

174 (15.5 %)

211 (14.3 %)

0.004

Ethnicity

 Dalit

47 (13.3 %)

174 (15.5 %)

221 (15.0 %)

0.06

 Janjati

102 (28.9 %)

308 (27.5 %)

410 (27.8 %)

0.18

 Madhesi

15 (4.2 %)

94 (8.4 %)

109 (7.4 %)

0.003

 Muslim

6 (1.7 %)

38 (3.4 %)

44 (3.0 %)

0.03

 Chhetri/Brahmin

160 (45.3 %)

460 (41.0 %)

620 (42.0 %)

0.24

 Others

23 (6.5 %)

48 (4.3 %)

71 (4.8 %)

 

Parity (previous birth)

 Primipara (1)

126 (35.7 %)

422 (37.6 %)

548 (37.2 %)

 

 Nullipara (0)

77 (21.8 %)

347 (30.9 %)

424 (28.7 %)

0.07

 Multipara (2–5)

150 (42.5 %)

353 (31.5 %)

503 (34.1 %)

0.01

Neonatal Morbidity

 HIE

89 (25.2 %)

275 (24.5 %)

364 (24.7 %)

0.54

 NNS

114 (32.3 %)

310 (27.6 %)

424 (28.7 %)

0.14

 HBL

11 (3.1 %)

31 (2.8 %)

42 (2.8 %)

0.60

 MAS

21 (5.9 %)

82 (7.3 %)

103 (7.0 %)

0.61

 RDS

6 (1.7 %)

42 (3.7 %)

48 (3.3 %)

0.11

 Others

112 (31.7 %)

382 (34.0 %)

494 (33.5 %)

 

Birth Weight

 2500–4000

241 (68.3 %)

770 (68.6 %)

1011 (68.5 %)

 

 < 2500

103 (29.2 %)

334 (29.8 %)

437 (29.6 %)

0.91

 ≥ 4000

9 (2.5 %)

18 (1.6 %)

27 (1.8 %)

0.26

Gestational Age

 37–42 weeks

211 (59.8 %)

680 (60.6 %)

891 (60.4 %)

 

 < 37 weeks

113 (32.0 %)

383 (34.1 %)

496 (33.6 %)

0.71

 ≥ 42 weeks

29 (8.2 %)

59 (5.3 %)

88 (6.0 %)

0.06

  1. *cOR crude Odds Ratio