Table 4 Main differences between patients hospitalized prior than Covid-19 onset (from March 2019 to February 2020, Subgroup A), and patients hospitalized after Covid-19 onset (from March 2020 to October 2022, Subgroup B). *Results with statistical significance
From: Pediatric acute hospitalization for anorexia nervosa: an economic evaluation
Value | Subgroup A | Subgroup B | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of male patients (%) | 5 (13.9) | 12 (5.4) | 0.0681 |
Number of female patients (%) | 31 (86.1) | 212 (94.6) | 0.0681 |
Median age in years (range) | 14 (9–17) | 15 (6–18) | 0.014* |
Median length of hospitalization in days (range) | 29 (5–65) | 18 (1–57) | 0.0008* |
Median days between admission and the start of enteral feeding (range) | 8 (1–14) | 3 (0–23) | 0.0026* |
Median cost of hospitalization in EUR (range) | 16,758 (3072-45,739) | 10,695 (930 − 37,959) | 0.0016* |
Number of patients with comorbidities (%) | 11 (30.5) | 52 (30.2) | 0.911 |
Number of guarded patients (%) | 7 (19.4) | 4 (1.8) | 0.0001* |
Number of patients who required enteral feeding (%) | 12 (33.3) | 100 (44.6) | 0.21 |