Variables | District Rural Hospital n = 27 | Tertiary Urban Hospital n = 18 | ||||||||||
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Admission, (%) | p | After 48 h, (%) | p | At discharge, (%) | P | Admission, (%) | p | After 48 h, (%) | p | At discharge, (%) | P | |
Overall | 29.63 | …. | 47.05 | ….. | 50 | …. | 50 | … | 33.33 | … | 66.66 | … |
Socio-demographic factors | ||||||||||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Female | 21.4 | 0.333 | 33 | 0.229 | 50 | …. | 40 | 0.590 | 50 | 0.571 | 50 | 0.386 |
Male | 38.4 | 63 | 0 | 55 | 29 | 100 | ||||||
Clinical history | ||||||||||||
Previous hospitalization (within one year) | ||||||||||||
Yes | 13 | 0.206 | 0 | 0.012 | 0 | 0.248 | 20 | 0.106 | 25 | 0.635 | 100 | 0.386 |
No | 37 | 67 | 66.67 | 64 | 40 | 50 | ||||||
Antibiotic use (during hospital stay) | ||||||||||||
Yes | 27.78 | 0.766 | 33.33 | 0.402 | 50 | 1.000 | 33 | 0.522 | 33 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.386 |
No | 33.33 | 54.55 | 50 | 54 | 33 | 50 | ||||||
Transferred from another hospital | ||||||||||||
Yes | 100 | 0.116 | 0 | … | 0 | …. | 75 | 0.046 | 50 | 0.343 | 100 | 0.386 |
No | 27 | 47 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 50 | ||||||
Hospital ward | ||||||||||||
Medicine | 40 | 0.187 | 56 | 0.457 | 50 | 1.000 | 40 | 0.590 | 40 | 0.635 | 50 | 0.386 |
Surgery | 17 | 38 | 50 | 55 | 25 | 100 |