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Table 2 Patient characteristics by facility types. Counts and percentages are reported unless stated otherwise

From: Reaching the right facility for emergency patients - destinations of patients transported by emergency medical services in Kigali, Rwanda

Variables

Full dataset

Subset

Health Centers, N = 2,608

District Hospitals, N = 2,263

Tertiary Hospitals, N = 2,332

Health Centers, N = 689

District Hospitals, N = 851

Tertiary Hospitals, N = 306

Sex

      

M

1,739 (67%)

2,088(61%)

828 (69%)

450(65.0%)

521 (61.0%)

210(69.0%)

F

869 (33%)

1,313 (39%)

366 (31%)

239(35.0%)

330 (39.0%)

96(31.0%)

Age, mean (SD)

33 (14)

33 (15)

38 (19)

33 (14)

33 (16)

38 (20)

Age category

      

≤ 10

48 (1.8%)

120 (3.5%)

65 (5.4%)

521(61.0%)

35 (4.1%)

18 (5.9%)

11–20

316 (12%)

345 (10%)

84 (7.0%)

74 (11%)

81 (9.5%)

18 (5.9%)

21–30

1,025 (39%)

1,185 (35%)

311 (26%)

275 (40%)

304 (36%)

87 (28%)

31–40

693 (27%)

968 (28%)

314 (26%)

185 (27%)

242 (28%)

81 (26%)

41–50

296 (11%)

429 (13%)

180 (15%)

91 (13%)

97 (11%)

35 (11%)

51–60

85 (3.3%)

156 (4.6%)

84 (7.0%)

21 (3.0%)

39 (4.6%)

23 (7.5%)

≥ 60

145 (5.6%)

198 (5.8%)

156 (13%)

521(61.0%)

35 (4.1%)

18 (5.9%)

Condition

      

Trauma

1,830 (70%)

2,077 (61%)

810 (68%)

503 (73%)

535 (63%)

214 (70%)

Obs/Gyn related

175 (6.7%)

442 (13%)

32 (2.7%)

37 (5.4%)

107 (13%)

11 (3.6%)

Medical and others

603 (23.1%)

882 (39.0%)

352 (15.1)

149 (21.6%)

209 (24.6%)

81 (26.5%)

Insurance scheme

     

CBHI

898 (34%)

1,585 (47%)

467 (39%)

228 (42%)

337 (51%)

101 (44%)

Other Insurance

100 (3.8%)

90 (2.6%)

136 (11%)

96 (18%)

73 (11%)

52 (23%)

No Insutance

1,610 (62%)

1,726 (51%)

591 (49%)

217 (40%)

254 (38%)

74 (33%)

Urgency

      

Extreme

   

405 (70%)

69 (9.7%)

8 (3.2%)

Severe

   

153 (27%)

574 (80%)

139 (56%)

Moderate

   

8 (1.4%)

65 (9.1%)

83 (34%)

Minor

   

11 (1.9%)

7 (1.0%)

17 (6.9%)

GCS

      

3–8

   

54 (9.0%)

4 (0.5%)

16 (5.9%)

9–12

   

4 (0.7%)

28 (3.7%)

38 (14%)

13–15

   

541 (90%)

726 (96%)

216 (80%)

TEWS

      

0–3

   

518 (98.1%)

642 (92.4%)

203 (85.3%)

4–6

   

7 (1.%)

26 (3.7%)

18 (7.6%)

≥ 7

   

3 (0.6%)

27 (3.9%)

17 (7.1%)