Table 2.
Summary statistics of all inpatients, prospective study period
| Parameter | Chókwè (n = 173)
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Nhamatanda (n = 153)
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Ribaue (n = 79)
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| Maternity | Medicine | Pediatrics | Surgery | Maternity | Medicine | Pediatrics | Surgery | Maternity | Medicine | Pediatrics | Surgery | |
| No. of patients | 48 (27.8 %) | 45 (26.0 %) | 27 (15.6 %) | 53 (30.6 %) | 43 (27.7 %) | 26 (18.1 %) | 53 (34.2 %) | 31 (20.0 %) | 40 (50.6 %) | 10 (12.7 %) | 11 (13.9 %) | 18 (22.8 %) |
| Total patient-days | 107 | 245 | 211 | 422 | 59 | 228 | 450 | 322 | 86 | 63 | 42 | 147 |
| Female (%) | 100 % | 57.8 % | 22.2 % | 67.9 % | 100 % | 34.6 % | 54.7 % | 51.6 % | 100.0 % | 60.0 % | 54.5 % | 55.6 % |
| Age (years)a | 25 (16–39) | 35 (23–63) | 2 (0–7) | 29 (1–70) | 22 (16–32) | 35.5 (20–60) | 2 (0–7) | 21 (7–64) | 23 (15–38.5) | 32 (17–70) | 1 (0–12) | 23 (4–62) |
| LOSa | 1 (0–8) | 5 (1–10) | 4 (2–21) | 6 (1–28) | 1 (0–2) | 6.5 (1–22) | 5 (1–1) | 10 (1–26) | 2 (0–5) | 5 (3–16) | 5 (1–8) | 7 (2–26) |
| Average capacityb | 20.0 % | 64.4 % | 45.8 % | 72.6 % | 43.7 % | 51.3 % | 100.0 % | 128.6 % | 51.9 % | 29.4 % | 45.0 % | 111.3 % |
LOS length of hospital stay
a
Median (95 % CI). Bartlett’s test for equal variance p <0.001 between wards for each hospital, respectively
b
Median (95 % CI). Calculated by (total number of patient days)/(beds × days in study period)