Review Article
Level of Patient Satisfaction with Inpatient Services and Its Determinants: A Study of a Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia
Table 3
Hospitalization characteristics of study participants in Black Lion Specialized Hospital (BLSH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2015 (N = 398).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | % |
| Number of days of hospital stay | <7 days | 140 | 35.2 | 7–14 days | 99 | 24.9 | 14–21 days | 79 | 19.8 | 21–28 days | 25 | 6.3 | 28–35 days | 26 | 6.5 | 35–42 days | 11 | 2.8 | 42–49 days | 5 | 1.3 | 49–56 days | 1 | 0.3 | >56 days | 12 | 3.0 |
| Admission type | New | 249 | 62.6 | Repeat | 149 | 37.4 |
| Payment status | Free | 176 | 44.2 | Paying | 222 | 55.8 |
| Ward | Medical ward | 75 | 18.8 | Surgical ward | 56 | 14.1 | Gynecology and obstetrics | 88 | 22.1 | Orthopedics | 27 | 6.8 | Pediatrics | 85 | 21.4 | Oncology | 67 | 16.8 |
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