Table 1.
Bed-days of hospitalized patients in different wards
| p-value |
Total
|
Spring & Summer
|
Fall & Winter
|
Hospital
wards |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bed-days | Day-Stay (Mean±SD) | Number of patients(%) | Bed-days | Day-Stay (Mean±SD) | Number of patients(%) | Bed-days | Day-Stay (Mean±SD) | Number of patients (%) | ||
| 9101 | 14.4 ± 13 | 632(13.7) | 5470 | 15.54 ± 14.7 | 352(16.6) | 3612 | 12.9 ± 10.3 | 280(11.2) | Neonatal | |
| 21329 | 21.35 ± 19.3 | 999(21.6) | 12490 | 24.3 ± 23.3 | 514(24.2) | 8847 | 18.24 ± 13.2 | 485(19.4) | NICU | |
| 8951 | 15.9 ± 17.9 | 563(12.2) | 5059 | 20.4 ± 24.1 | 248(11.7) | 3875 | 12.3 ± 9.4 | 315(12.6) | PICU | |
| - | 5179 | 6.3 ± 6.3 | 822(17.8) | 2225 | 5.98 ± 6.2 | 372(17.5) | 2952 | 6.56 ± 6.3 | 450(18) | Surgery |
| - | 11862 | 7.4 ± 7.5 | 1603(34.7) | 4582 | 7.17 ± 8.8 | 639(30.1) | 7269 | 7.54 ± 6.5 | 964(38.7) | Pediatrics |
| 0.66 | 56422 | 12.2 ± 14.3 | 4619(100) | 29826 | 14.03 ± 17.9 | 2125(100) | 26555 | 10.66 ± 9.96 | 2494(100) | Total |
p-value: mean differences of days stay in the different wards between hot and cold seasons obtained by independent samples t-test .
*
, ** and *** display p-value<0.05, <0.01 and <0.001 respectively.