Short Stay Thyroid Surgery: Can We Replicate the Same in Low Resource Setting?

Table 2

Patients clinical and socioeconomic profile.

Items	Study group (n=58)	Control group (n=52)	p value
Mean Age (in years)	31.66±10.15	37.60±13.51	0.010
Sex (M:F)	1:4.3	1:2.3	0.151
Financial status
(i) Low income	3 (5.17%)	0	0.001
(ii) Middle income	49 (84.48%)	31 (59.62%)
(iii) High income	6 (10.34%)	21 (40.38%)
Mode of payment
(i) Self	53 (91.38%)	40 (76.92%)	0.036
(ii) Insurance	5 (8.72%)	12 (23.08%)
Mean Distance (in Km)	210.59±157.52	231.58±201.04	0.541
Thyroid volume (in ml)	23.79±17.69	26.02±18.92	0.528
ASA grade
I	47 (81.03%)	40 (76.92%)	0.597
II	11(18.97)	12 (23.08%)

Based on OECD working paper (http://www.oecd.org/dev/44457738.pdf).