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Table 1 Demographic and Socio Economic Data

From: Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore

 

Public Hospital

Private Hospital

 

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Gender

  

Female

73 (73.5)

70 (75.3)

Male

20 (21.5)

23 (24.7)

Age

15–25

32 (34.0)

26 (28.3)

25–45

38 (41.1)

41 (44.5)

> 45

23 (24.9)

26 (27.2)

Profession/Occupation

House wives

54 (58.1)

56 (60.2)

Labourer

9 (9.7)

8 (8.6)

Skill Worker

6 (6.5)

8 (8.6)

Student

11 (11.8)

15 (16.1)

Others

13 (14.0)

6 (6.5)

Monthly income/capita in Pak Rs. ($ 1 = Rs 67)*

< 500

28 (30.1)

15 (16.2)

500–1000

40 (23.2)

58 (62.3)

1000–1500

13 (14.3)

10 (10.8)

> 1500

12 (12.4)

10 (10.7)

Education*

Illiterate

52 (55.9)

28 (30.1)

< 10 (below matric)

30 (32.3)

46 (49.5)

≥ 10 (matric & above)

11 (11.8)

19 (20.4)

  1. *The differences in the income and educational profile of the patients from the two hospitals reach statistical significance. (p: 0.05 and p < 0.0001 respectively)