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Characteristics
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All (n = 138)
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Health center (n = 44)
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Hospital (n = 94)
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P-value*
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Demographic
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Sex; n (%)
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Male
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83 (60.14)
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31 (70.45)
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52 (55.32)
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0.091**
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Female
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55 (39.85)
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13 (29.54)
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42 (44.68)
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Insurance during admission or visit; n (%)
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Free health care
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119 (86.23)
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44 (100)
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75 (79.79)
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0.016**
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MFP
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10 (7.25)
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0 (0.0)
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10 (10.64)
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Private insurance and personal payment
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9 (6.52)
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0 (0.0)
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9(9.57)
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Age (months),
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Mean
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14.45
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13.42
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14.94
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0.712***
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(SD, median)
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(9.67,11.36)
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(7.48,12.58)
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(10.54,11.27)
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Clinical
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Patient type; n (%)
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Outpatient
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109 (78.99)
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44 (100)
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65 (69.15)
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< 0.001**
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Inpatient
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29 (21.01)
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0 (0.0)
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29 (30.85)
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Complication with dehydration; n (%)
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Without dehydration
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78 (56.52)
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44 (100)
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34 (36.17)
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< 0.001**
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With dehydration
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60 (43.48)
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0 (0.0)
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60 (63.83)
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Discharge outcome; n (%)
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Alive
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137 (99.28)
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44 (100)
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93 (98.94)
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1.000****
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Dead
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1 (0.72)
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0 (0.0)
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1 (1.06)
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Duration group before visit or admission; n (%)
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< 2 days
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73 (52.90)
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27(61.36)
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46 (48.94)
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0.173**
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> 2 days
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65 (47.10)
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17 (38.64)
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48 (51.06)
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Duration before visit or admission; day
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Mean
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2.99
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2.30
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3.19
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0.030***
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(SD, Median)
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(2.76, 2.00)
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(1.96, 2.00)
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(3.02, 3.00)
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Episode duration; day
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Mean
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7.02
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6.07
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7.47
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0.004***
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(SD, Median)
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(4.97),6
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(5.27),4.50
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(4.79),6.00
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- MFP “Mutuelle de la Fonction Publique”, a health insurance scheme for civil servants, SD standard deviation
- *To compare between health center (CMC Buyenzi) and hospital (Prince Regent Charles), a p-value < 0.05 was used as statistical significance
- ** Chi-square
- *** Mann-Whitney U test
- **** Fisher’s Exact test
