Table 1.
Caseload of childhood TB in different types of hospitals
| Hospital Characteristics | N | Inpatient | Outpatient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Children n (%) |
Adult n (%) |
X2 (p) | Children |
Adult n (%) |
X2 (p) | ||
| Size | |||||||
| Large (≥ 150 beds) | 10 | 435 (12.1) | 3146 (87.9) | < 0.01 | 2020 (23.5) | 6582 (76.5) | < 0.01 |
| Small (< 150 beds) | 22 | 213 (9.3) | 2083 (90.7) | 2153 (30.4) | 4939 (69.6) | ||
| Ownership | |||||||
| Public | 9 | 593 (11.3) | 4673 (88.7) | > 0.05 | 3891 (27.2) | 10395 (72.8) | < 0.01 |
| Private | 23 | 55 (9.0) | 556 (91.0) | 282 (20.0) | 1126 (80.0) | ||
| Teaching status | |||||||
| Teaching | 3 | 173 (17.4) | 824 (82.6) | < 0.01 | 1006 (19.5) | 4143 (80.5) | < 0.01 |
| Non teaching | 29 | 475 (9.7) | 4405 (90.3) | 3167 (30.0) | 7378 (70.0) | ||
| Total | 32 | 648 (100) | 5229 (100) | 4173 (100) | 11521 | ||