Table 2.
Factors associated to hospitalization. Results of univariate logistic regression models
| VARIABLES | Odds Ratio |
95CI% | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| age at visit | each 1 month more | 0.994 | 0.991–0.996 | < 0.001 |
| sex | females | 1.00 | - | - |
| males | 1.19 | 0.97–1.45 | 0.094 | |
| insurance | yes | 1.00 | - | - |
| not | 4.42 | 3.20–6.12 | < 0.001 | |
| district of residence | Iringa urban | 1.00 | - | - |
| Iringa DC | 1.65 | 1.28–2.12 | < 0.001 | |
| other districts | 3.71 | 2.57–5.36 | < 0.001 | |
| distance from residence to hospital | each 1 km more | 1.007 | 1.005–1.009 | < 0.001 |
| presence of paediatric trained staff | yes | 1.00 | - | - |
| not | 3.75 | 3.07–4.58 | < 0.001 | |
| burn / wound | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 20.77 | 7.64–56.45 | < 0.001 | |
| cardiovascular | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 4.62 | 1.96–10.93 | < 0.001 | |
| constitutional / malnutrition | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 18.19 | 13.14–25.18 | < 0.001 | |
| fever | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 2.32 | 1.67–3.23 | < 0.001 | |
| gastrointestinal | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 1.87 | 1.44–2.43 | < 0.001 | |
| respiratory | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 3.73 | 2.78–5.01 | < 0.001 | |
| ingestion / inhalation | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 5.47 | 1.73–17.31 | 0.004 | |
| injury | not | 1.00 | - | - |
| yes | 1.93 | 1.41–2.66 | < 0.001 | |
| month of the admission to OPD | January | 1.00 | - | - |
| February | 0.63 | 0.38–1.02 | 0.062 | |
| March | 1.08 | 0.71–1.64 | 0.713 | |
| April | 1.27 | 0.84–1.93 | 0.262 | |
| May | 0.85 | 0.54–1.32 | 0.457 | |
| June | 0.78 | 0.49–1.24 | 0.285 | |
| July | 0.55 | 0.34–0.91 | 0.019 | |
| August | 0.66 | 0.42–1.05 | 0.079 | |
| September | 0.91 | 0.59–1.42 | 0.687 |