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Table 3 Duration of Stay in days by Neonatal morbidity

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

Duration

of stay

N

(353)

Before Free Newborn Care

N

(1122)

After Free Newborn Care

p-value

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

 

HIE

88

3.48 ± 3.86

2.50 (0–16)

269

3.28 ± 5.86

2 (0–38)

0.04

NNS

112

4.39 ± 4.22

4 (0–31)

306

3.71 ± 5.91

2 (0–39)

< 0.001

HBL

11

5.27 ± 5.15

3 (0–17)

31

5.19 ± 6.48

4 (0–35)

0.88

MAS

20

3.80 ± 3.76

3 (0–16)

82

3.60 ± 6.08

3 (0–38)

0.23

RDS

6

11.67 ± 12.70

7 (0–35)

41

3.17 ± 5.95

2 (0–36)

0.09

Others

112

4.53 ± 5.43

3 (0–38)

375

4.01 ± 6.83

2 (0–38)

< 0.001