A retrospective study of neonatal case management and outcomes in rural Rwanda post implementation of a national neonatal care package for sick and small infants

Table 4 Outcomes of neonates with birth weight recorded upon admission to neonatology units at two rural district hospitals in Rwanda (N = 1518)

	All neonates (N = 1518)		Low birth weight (< 2500 g) (N = 701)		Normal birth weight (≥2500 g) (N = 817)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Outcome	N = 1386		N = 626		N = 760
Discharged	1162	83.3	522	83.4	640	84.2	0.131
Transferred	32	2.3	11	1.8	21	2.8
Absconded	7	0.5	1	0.2	6	0.8
Died	185	13.3	92	14.7	93	12.2
Length of stay^a	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
All neonates	5	2, 10	7	2, 14	4	2, 7	< 0.001
Discharged	6	2, 11	8	3, 18	5	2, 8	< 0.001
Transferred	3	0.5, 9.5	3.5	0, 11	2.5	0.5, 7.5	0.722
Absconded	7	1, 15	21	21, 21	5	1, 8	0.134
Died	1	0, 3	2	1, 4	1	0, 2	0.003
Weight at discharge (grams)^b	N = 1013		N = 477		N = 536
< 2500	515	50.8	449	94.1	66	12.3	< 0.001
≥ 2500	498	49.2	28	5.9	470	87.7	< 0.001

^aOnly reported for neonates that had an admission date and outcome date or age at admission and age at discharge; ^bLimited to neonates who were discharged

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