Predictors of prolonged length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality among adult patients admitted at the surgical ward of Jimma University medical center, Ethiopia: prospective observational study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants at JUMC, Ethiopia (N = 269)

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Age (year)	mean age ± SD	41.95 ± 17.76 (18 to 90)
Sex	Male	179	66.5
Sex	Female	90	33.5
Monthly income	no constant income	47	17.5
	< 1500	95	35.3
	1500–6000	102	37.9
	> 6000	25	9.3
Health cost coverage^a	Self-payment	223	82.9
Health cost coverage^a	Free (government)	46	17.1

^a - the majority (21.3%) of patients with no constant income were paid by the government or got free service at JUMC

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