Table 3 Comparison between gender, age, comorbidities, needing of guarding, needing of enteral feeding subgroups. *Results with statistical significance
From: Pediatric acute hospitalization for anorexia nervosa: an economic evaluation
Gender | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Value | Females | Males | p-value |
Median age in years (range) | 15 (6–18) | 14 (8–17) | 0.045* |
Median length of hospitalization in days (range) | 19 (1–65) | 15 (5–47) | 0.098 |
Median cost of hospitalization in EUR (range) | 11,373 (930 − 45,739) | 8703 (3072-43,143) | 0.97 |
Number of patients with comorbidities (%) | 58 (23.8) | 5 (29.4) | 0.61 |
Number of guarded patients (%) | 10 (4.3) | 1 (6.2) | 0.53 |
Number of patients who required enteral feeding (%) | 107 (44) | 3 (21.4) | 0.041* |
Age | |||
Value | < 14 years | ≥ 14 years | p-value |
Median length of hospitalization in days (range) | 19 (4–57) | 19 (1–65) | 0.726 |
Median cost of hospitalization in EUR (range) | 11,509 (2584-36,136) | 10,900 (930 − 45,739) | 0.098 |
Median days between admission and the start of enteral feeding (range) | 4 (0–14) | 3 (0–23) | 0.529 |
Comorbidities | |||
Value | With comorbidities | Without comorbidities | p-value |
Median age in years (range) | 15 (8–18) | 15 (6–18) | 0.342 |
Median length of hospitalization in days (range) | 23 (3–65) | 17 (1–55) | 0.006* |
Median cost of hospitalization in EUR (range) | 13,485 (1814-37,959) | 10,323 (930 − 45,739) | 0.005* |
Median days between admission and the start of enteral feeding (range) | 3 (0–23) | 4 (1–9) | 0.741 |
Number of guarded patients (%) | 10 (91) | 53 (23.3) | 0.00001* |
Number of patients who required enteral feeding (%) | 35 (23.8) | 28 (24.7) | 0.765 |
Guarded patients | |||
Value | Guarded patients | Non-guarded patients | p-value |
Median age in years (range) | 15 (6–18) | 15 (12–17) | 0.896 |
Median length of hospitalization in days (range) | 41 (25–55) | 18 (1–65) | 0.00001* |
Median cost of hospitalization in EUR (range) | 33,015 (15,776 − 45,739) | 10,703 (930 − 37,673) | 0.00001* |
Median days between admission and the start of enteral feeding (range) | 3 (0–23) | 4 (1–9) | 0.912 |
Number of patients who required enteral feeding (%) | 9 (81.8) | 103 (41.4) | 0.008* |
Enteral feeding | |||
Value | EF patients | Non-EF patients | p-value |
Median age in years (range) | 15 (6–18) | 15 (9–18) | 0.726 |
Median length of hospitalization in days (range) | 14 (1–47) | 28 (9–65) | 0.00001* |
Median cost of hospitalization in EUR (range) | 16,391 (5306-45,739) | 8580 (930 − 43,143) | 0.00001* |