Effect of VAS on postoperative outcomes (tertiary care facilities)
| Marginal effects from logit regressions (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of outcomes | Non-VAS (%) | VAS (%) | No controls | Controls for illness composition | Controls for illness composition and demographic characteristics |
| Occurrence of infections | 7.70 | 0.90 | −6.74** (−13.1 to 0.36) | −8.04 (−17.8 to 0.17) | −9.4* (−20.2 to 1.4) |
| Been rehospitalised since the first hospitalisation | 32.60 | 16.80 | −15.8*** (−27.7 to −3.9) | −16.0*** (−27.4 to −4.6) | −16.5*** (−28.7 to −4.3) |
N=199.
Marginal effects and SEs estimated using the delta method.
CIs in parentheses.
Demographics=age, gender, income and literacy.
VAS, Vajpayee Arogyashree Scheme.