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Table 7 Comparison of home-hospitalization and conventional hospitalization in relation to the economic burden

From: Attending pediatric acutely ill patients at home: families’ socioeconomic characterization, expectations, and experiences

 

n;%

Comparison of the economic burden in the hospital and in homecare (n = 205)

 Higher in the hospital

124;60.49%

 The same as that in the hospital

74;36.1%

 Higher in homecare

7;3.41%

Extra expenditure because of home-hospitalization (n = 218)

 Yes

33;15.14%

 No

185;84.86%