Variables
US Hospital n (%) n = 300 Pakistani Hospital n (%) n=260
p value
Gender (%) Male Female 197 (65.7) 103 (34.3) 154 (59.2) 106 (40.8)
0.16
Age (years) Mean ± SD Range ≤ 18 19-59 ≥ 60 62.45 ± 13.35 24 – 89 – 104 (34.7) 196 (65.3) 56 ± 13.49 17 – 100 2 (0.8) 137 (52.7) 121 (46.5)
< 0.01*
Prescribed drugs Mean ± SD Range ≤ 4 5-6 ≥ 7 6 ± 2.55 2 – 14 105 (35) 82 (27.3) 113 (37.7) 5.79 ± 1.67 2 – 12 60 (23.1) 117 (45.0) 83 (31.9)
0.24
Stay (days) Mean ± SD Range ≤ 2 3-4 ≥ 5 3.97 ± 3.70 1 – 29 139 (46.3) 73 (24.3) 88 (29.4) 3.73 ± 1.44 2 – 13 35 (13.5) 171 (65.8) 54 (20.7)
0.29