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Table 3 Length of Stay and Outcome

From: Early severe morbidity and resource utilization in South African adults on antiretroviral therapy

Variable

HAART

(n = 70)

No-HAART

(n = 60)

p-value

Median Length of Stay, days (IQR)

   

   Overall

8.5 (4-16)

8 (5-13)

p = 0.63

Medical ward

8 (4-15)

7 (4-10)

 

Step-down ward

10.5 (4-30.5)

9.5 (5.5-14.5)

 

Outcome

   

   Total admissions

  

p = 0.139

alive

55 (79%)

53 (88%)

 

dead

15 (21%)

7 (12%)

 

   First admission

  

p = 0.076

alive

40 (75%)

47 (89%)

 

dead

13 (25%)

6 (11%)

 

Discharge

(n = 56)

(n = 54)

 

Home

44 (79%)

37 (69%)

 

Step-down ward

7 (13%)

12 (22%)

 

Tertiary hospital

4 (7%)

4 (7%)

 

TB Hospital

1 (2%)

1 (2%)