Table 5.
Stratified variables | Hospital cost (USD) | LOS (days) | ||||
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SES (LIP versus NP) | SES (LIP versus NP) | |||||
Coefficient | SE | P | Coefficient | SE | P | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 37 | 13 | 0.004 | 0.57 | 0.09 | < 0.001 |
Female | 96 | 14 | < 0.001 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.013 |
Age (years) | ||||||
0–14 y/o | −40 | 18 | 0.031 | −0.20 | 0.12 | 0.086 |
15–29 y/o | 45 | 11 | < 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.819 |
30–44 y/o | 144 | 17 | < 0.001 | 0.34 | 0.06 | < 0.001 |
45–59 y/o | 274 | 31 | < 0.001 | 1.39 | 0.19 | < 0.001 |
60 y/o or more | 234 | 48 | < 0.001 | 1.83 | 0.26 | < 0.001 |
Perforated appendicitis | ||||||
No | 37 | 8 | < 0.001 | 0.26 | 0.05 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 133 | 25 | < 0.001 | 0.68 | 0.15 | < 0.001 |
A multivariate analysis was conducted after adjusting for age, gender, hospital level, and comorbidities
LIP low-income population NP normal population SE standard error