Fig. 1

Variability in duration of the care days and non-care days. The horizontal line in the middle of the box represents the median value, while the cross within the box marks the mean. The lower and upper boundaries of the box indicate the 25th and 75th percentiles (i.e., Q1 and Q3), respectively. Whiskers above and below the box indicate the maximum and the minimum values. Outliers, defined as values 1.5 times the interquartile range away from both the upper and lower edges of the box, are indicated by dots