The burden of pediatric diarrhea: a cross-sectional study of incurred costs and perceptions of cost among Bolivian families

Table 2 Characteristics of the study population, by rural / urban residence ¹

	Residence
	All children	Urban	Rural
	Frequency (%)
MALE	292	250	42
MALE	(55.8)	(57.7)	(46.7)
HOSPITALIZED ²	203	167	36
HOSPITALIZED ²	(38.8)	(38.6)	(40.0)
OUTPATIENTS ²	320	266	54
OUTPATIENTS ²	(61.2)	(61.43)	(60.0)
ALL CHILDREN	523	433	90
ALL CHILDREN	523	(82.8)	(17.2)
	Median (25%, 75%)
HOSPITALIZED
Number of days child had diarrhea prior to visit	3.0	3.0	3.5
Number of days child had diarrhea prior to visit	(2.0, 5.0)	(2.0, 5.0)	(2.0, 5.0)
Patient’s age (months)	10.0	10.0	7.0
Patient’s age (months)	(5.0, 15.0)	(6.0,15.0)	(3.0, 15.0)
Monthly household income (US$)	172.80	172.80	139.68
Monthly household income (US$)	(93.60, 288.00)	(93.60, 266.40)	(86.40, 291.60)
OUTPATIENTS
Number of days child had diarrhea prior to visit	3.0	3.0	4.0
Number of days child had diarrhea prior to visit	*(2.0, 5.0)*	*(2.0, 5.0)*	*(2.0, 7.0)*
Patient’s age (months)	11.0	10.5	12.0
Patient’s age (months)	(7.0, 17.0)	(7.0, 17.0)	(7.0, 198.0)
Monthly household income (US$)	172.80	172.80	172.80
Monthly household income (US$)	(100.80, 288.00)	(113.76, 288.00)	(7.20, 288.00)

¹Results should be interpreted with caution due to large amount of missing data (40.2%) on rural / urban residence status.
²Percentages are calculated out of the column sample size.
³Bolded numbers are significantly different by a Kruskal-Wallis test at an alpha level of 0.05.

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