Table 2 Health care provider specific-hospitalization (12Â months prior to the survey) and average length of hospital stay by diseases in Bangladesh
Diseases/reasons for hospitalization | Hospitalization in last 12 months n (%) | Length of hospital stay (in days) (Mean ± SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health care provider | Health care provider | |||||
Publicb | Privateb | Alla | Public | Private | All | |
Diarrhea/Dysentery | 288 (82.1) | 63 (17.9) | 351 (10.9) | 4.0 ± 4.7 | 2.9 ± 1.7 | 3.8 ± 4.3 |
Fever | 142 (75.5) | 46 (24.5) | 188 (5.8) | 4.8 ± 3.9 | 5.3 ± 3.4 | 4.9 ± 3.8 |
Pain | 171 (63.6) | 98 (36.4) | 269 (8.4) | 9.0 ± 25.2 | 5.7 ± 10.3 | 7.8 ± 21.0 |
Injury/Accident | 260 (70.5) | 109 (29.5) | 369 (11.5) | 9.1 ± 11.6 | 12.3 ± 20.3 | 10.1 ± 14.7 |
Blood pressure | 78 (70.9) | 32 (29.1) | 110 (3.4) | 5.7 ± 7.5 | 4.5 ± 2.8 | 5.4 ± 6.5 |
Heart disease | 145 (63.9) | 82 (36.1) | 227 (7.1) | 8.0 ± 15.6 | 9.0 ± 7.9 | 8.4 ± 13.3 |
Respiratory Diseases/ Asthma/Bronchitis | 146 (69.2) | 65 (30.8) | 211 (6.6) | 6.9 ± 7.2 | 6.1 ± 5.5 | 6.6 ± 6.7 |
Weakness/Dizziness | 64 (64.0) | 36 (36.0) | 100 (3.1) | 4.7 ± 5.5 | 4.4 ± 7.3 | 4.6 ± 6.2 |
Pneumonia | 96 (73.3) | 35 (26.7) | 131 (4.1) | 5.5 ± 3.5 | 6.9 ± 5.3 | 5.8 ± 4.1 |
Tuberculosis | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | 14 (0.4) | 20.1 ± 20.3 | 19.8 ± 39.3 | 20.0 ± 28.6 |
Malaria | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 9 (0.3) | 7.5 ± 7.1 | 3.7 ± 2.9 | 6.2 ± 6.1 |
Jaundice | 18 (62.1) | 11 (37.9) | 29 (0.9) | 6.6 ± 7.0 | 5.8 ± 5.6 | 6.3 ± 6.4 |
Female diseases | 52 (36.1) | 92 (63.9) | 144 (4.5) | 7.4 ± 9.1 | 7.2 ± 6.4 | 7.3 ± 7.4 |
Child delivery and pregnancy-related diseases | 169 (30.0) | 395 (70.0) | 564 (17.5) | 5.5 ± 4.4 | 5.5 ± 2.7 | 5.5 ± 3.3 |
Cancer | 25 (52.1) | 23 (47.9) | 48 (1.5) | 28.1 ± 44.1 | 23.2 ± 37.6 | 25.7 ± 40.7 |
Mental health | 22 (78.6) | 6 (21.4) | 28 (0.9) | 12.3 ± 13.3 | 19.3 ± 17.1 | 13.8 ± 14.2 |
Paralysis | 43 (69.4) | 19 (30.6) | 62 (1.9) | 7.6 ± 7.0 | 11.2 ± 9.4 | 8.7 ± 7.9 |
Scabies/Skin diseases | 19 (67.9) | 9 (32.1) | 28 (0.9) | 10.2 ± 13.8 | 7.8 ± 6.4 | 9.4 ± 11.9 |
Kidney Diseases | 54 (47.8) | 59 (52.2) | 113 (3.5) | 12.7 ± 17.7 | 9.4 ± 9.6 | 11.0 ± 14.1 |
Liver Diseases | 35 (55.6) | 28 (44.4) | 63 (2.0) | 11.0 ± 13.1 | 8.4 ± 8.6 | 9.8 ± 11.4 |
Ear/ ENT problems | 15 (46.9) | 17 (53.1) | 32 (1.0) | 11.7 ± 18.3 | 6.1 ± 4.7 | 8.7 ± 13.1 |
Eye problem | 40 (30.8) | 90 (69.2) | 130 (4.0) | 5.3 ± 4.9 | 4.9 ± 6.6 | 5.0 ± 6.1 |
All diseases | 1,896 (58.9) | 1,324 (41.1) | 3,220 (100.0) | 7.3 ± 13.0 | 7.0 ± 10.3 | 7.2 ± 12.0 |
 Communicable | 841 (55.3) | 679 (44.7) | 1,520 (47.2) | 5.4 ± 6.0 | 5.8 ± 5.5 | 5.6 ± 5.8 |
 Non-communicable | 1,055 (62.1) | 645 (37.9) | 1,700 (52.8) | 8.8 ± 16.4 | 8.2 ± 13.6 | 8.6 ± 15.4 |