Table 2 Baseline characteristics of operated patients during the study period
From: Financial risk of emergency abdominal surgery: a cross sectional study from Ethiopia
Procedures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | Appendectomy | Laparotomya | Cholecystectomy | ||
Number of patients (%) | 142 | 98(69.0%) | 37(26.1%) | 7(4.9%) | |
Mean age | 31.0 | 28.6 | 35.3 | 43.6 | |
Sex | Male | 78 (54.9%) | 49 | 26 | 3 |
Female | 64(45.1%) | 49 | 11 | 4 | |
Treating hospital | Yekatit 12 Hospital | 67(47.2%) | 37 | 23 | 7 |
Zewditu Hospital | 75(52.8%) | 61 | 14 | 0 | |
Household size (mean and range) | 3.6 (SD = 3.6) | 3.3(SD = 3.7) | 4.1(SD = 3.6) | 5 (SD = 3.9) | |
Length of stay in days | 4.7 (SD = 2.6) | 3.2 (SD = 1.6) | 7.7 (SD = 4.1) | 9.3 (SD = 4.1) | |
Insurance status | Insured | 35 (24.6%) | 25 | 7 | 3 |
Noninsured | 107 (75.4%) | 73 | 30 | 4 | |