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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of inpatients and outpatients with acute respiratory infection, August 2012-March 2013, National Capital Region and Srinagar, India, N = 1507

From: The cost of acute respiratory infections in Northern India: a multi-site study

 

Total

National Capital Region4

Srinagar

 

Inpatients

Outpatients

Inpatients

Outpatients

Inpatients

Outpatients

n = 451(%)3

n = 1056(%)3

n = 215(%)3

n = 739(%)3

n = 236(%)3

n = 317(%)3

Age group

 <=5 years

135 (30)

383 (36)

65 (30)

283 (38)

70 (30)

100 (31)

 6-17 years

19 (4)

136 (13)

14 (7)

89 (12)

5 (2)

47 (15)

 18-64 years

136 (30)

409 (39)

71 (33)

263 (36)

65 (28)

146 (46)

 > = 65 years

161 (36)

131 (12)

65 (30)

107 (14)

96 (40)

24 (8)

Male

259 (57)

614 (58)

151 (70)

464 (63)

108 (46)

150 (47)

Occupation

 Housewife

66 (25)

159 (18)

13 (8)

78 (12)

53 (51)

81 (41)

 Unskilled

49 (19)

118 (14)

28 (18)

87 (13)

21 (20)

31 (16)

 Retired

34 (13)

41 (5)

19 (12)

39 (6)

15 (14)

2 (1)

 Skilled

11 (4)

63 (7)

4 (3)

42 (6)

7 (7)

21 (11)

 Unemployed

8 (3)

36 (4)

8 (5)

36 (5)

-

-

 Others1

95 (36)

459 (48)

88 (54)

377 (58)

8 (8)

107 (31)

Facility level

 Primary

-

250 (24)

-

250 (34)

-

-

 Secondary

120 (27)

278 (26)

120 (56)

278 (38)

-

-

 Tertiary

331 (73)

528 (50)

95 (44)

211 (28)

236 (100)

317 (100)

Facility type

 Public

325 (72)

838 (79)

89 (41)

521 (71)

236 (100)

317 (100)

 Private

126 (28)

218 (21)

126 (59)

218 (29)

-

-

Length of stay 2

5(IQR 4-10)

-

5(IQR 4-7)

-

9(IQR 6-12)

-

  1. 1Others include children and students 2Length of hospital stays Median (interquartile range) 3The percentage of respondents within a given variable: For example, 30% of all participants who answered the question on age were 5 years or younger 4National Capital Region Includes Delhi and Faridabad.