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Table 4 Cross-tabulation Analysis between Financial Status and management provided

From: Profile and outcome of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding presenting to urban emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania

 

INSURED NON-INSURED

n = 24 n = 99

p- value

ED Management

 Intravenous fluid

18 (75.0%)

70 (70.7%)

0.676

 Octreotide

4 (16.7%)

19 (19.2%)

0.776

 Tranexamic acid

2 (8.3%)

23 (23.2%)

0.104

 PPI

15 (62.5%)

73 (73.7%)

0.274

 Antibiotics

12 (50.0%)

31 (31.3%)

0.085

 Blood Transfusion

9 (37.5%)

51 (51.5%)

0.218

Receiving Endoscopy

9 (37.5%)

37 (37.4%)

0.991