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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2009 Apr 25;155(2):281–5.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.035

Table 2.

Regression Models Estimating Effect of Delay on Health Outcomes

Variables CRP Positive Wasted
Logit, N=1945 Logit, N=1872
Marginal effects P>z Marginal effects P>z
Delay of more than two days 0.112 0.032 0.046 0.078
Length of stay 0.006 0.378 0.020 0.002
Delay of more than two days*Length of stay -0.016 0.149
Age in months 0.004 0.183 0.001 0.436
Age in months squared 0.000 0.296
Child is male -0.025 0.203 -0.029 0.189
Chils has Pneumonia -0.001 0.971 0.058 0.045
Child has Diarrhea -0.081 0.000 0.110 0.000
Child received oral meds in the facility 0.102 0.000
Child received IV Meds in the Facility 0.011 0.642 -0.002 0.926
Child was initially brought to another facility 0.000 0.986
Child was visited by a specialist 0.170 0.000
Child underwent laboratory tests in the facility 0.075 0.013
Number of oral meds -0.004 0.486
Child was hospitalized before for same condition 0.004 0.866
Child received initial treatment prior to hospitalization -0.036 0.179