Table 1.
Characteristics of study population
| Variable | Hospital days | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriate(n=709) | Inappropriate (n=194) | |||
| Sex | N(%) | |||
| Male | 368 (80.2) | 91 (19.8) | 459 | |
| Female | 341 (76.8) | 103(23.2) | 444 | |
| Age(years) | N(%) | |||
| ≤40 | 341(86.1) | 55(13.9) | 396 | |
| >40 | 368(72.6) | 139(17.4) | 507 | |
| Marriage status | N(%) | |||
| Single | 245 (89.1) | 30 (10.9) | 275 | |
| Married | 464 (73.9) | 164 (16.1) | 628 | |
| LOS | N(%) | |||
| ≤5 | 580 (79.9) | 146 (20.1) | 726 | |
| >5 | 129 (72.9) | 48 (27.1) | 177 | |
| Co morbidity | ||||
| No Co morbidity | 429 (83.8) | 83 (16.2) | 512 | |
| Having Co morbidity | 280 (71.6) | 111 (18.4) | 391 | |
| Insurance | N(%) | |||
| No insurance | 66 (91.7) | 16 (8.3) | 72 | |
| Having Insurance | 643 (77.4) | 188 (22.6) | 831 | |
| living location | N(%) | |||
| Urban | 684 (79.0) | 182 (21.0) | 866 | |
| Rural | 25 (67.6) | 12 (32.4) | 37 | |
LOS, length of stay.