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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Apr;58(4):650–657. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02769.x

Table 3.

Percentages and Odds Ratios of Participants Receiving Other Osteoporosis Medications by Patient, Provider and Hospital Characteristics

Characteristic Percentage of
Osteoporosis
Medications
N (%)
Unadjusted
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Adjusted Odds
Ratio
(95% CI)
Patient level Characteristics
Age
   65–69 222 (7.6%) 0.96 (0.83, 1.12) 1.10 (0.94, 1.29)
   70–74 379 (7.6%) 0.97 (0.86, 1.09) 1.06 (0.93, 1.21)
   75–79 683 (7.8%) 1.00 (0.90, 1.10) 1.04 (0.93, 1.16)
   80–84 1028 (7.8%) Ref Ref
   85–89 900 (7.4%) 0.95 (0.86, 1.04) 0.90 (0.81, 0.99)
   90+ 551 (5.9%) 0.73 (0.66, 0.82) 0.71 (0.63, 0.81)
Gender
   Female 3495 (8.9%) Ref Ref
   Male 268 (2.2%) 0.23 (0.20, 0.26) 0.26 (0.23, 0.29)
Race/Ethnicity
   White 3003 (7.5%) Ref Ref
   Black 88 (4.1%) 0.53 (0.43, 0.66) 0.68 (0.55, 0.85)
   Hispanic 81 (6.3%) 0.84 (0.67, 1.05) 0.98 (0.72, 1.34)
   Other 591 (7.7%) 1.04 (0.95, 1.14) 1.04 (0.90, 1.19)
APR DRG Risk of Mortality
   1 1212 (7.7%) Ref Ref
   2 1982 (7.4%) 0.96 (0.89, 1.03) 1.06 (0.96, 1.16)
   3 477 (6.7%) 0.86 (0.77, 0.96) 1.04 (0.91, 1.19)
   4 92 (4.9%) 0.61 (0.49, 0.76) 0.84 (0.65, 1.08)
Received Calcium and
   Vitamin D
   No 2740 (5.7%) Ref Ref
   Yes 1023 (30.0%) 7.08 (6.52, 7.70) 6.19 (5.47, 7.00)
Provider and Hospital level characteristics
Providers
   Medicine attending 1399 (6.7%) Ref Ref
   Orthopedic attending with
    Medicine consult
1053 (7.7%) 1.17 (1.08, 1.27) 1.01 (0.90, 1.12)
   Orthopedic attending
    without Medicine consult
1214 (7.9%) 1.20 (1.11, 1.30) 1.07 (0.96, 1.18)
Teaching Hospital
   No 3070 (7.4%) Ref Ref
   Yes 693 (6.9%) 0.92 (0.84, 1.00) 1.07 (0.87, 1.32)
Hospital Size, beds
   500+ 1133 (7.2%) Ref Ref
   400–499 498 (6.7%) 0.94 (0.84, 1.04) 0.91 (0.73, 1.13)
   300–399 858 (7.8%) 1.10 (1.01, 1.21) 1.07 (0.87, 1.32)
   200–299 778 (8.5%) 1.21 (1.10, 1.33) 1.13 (0.91, 1.41)
   1–199 496 (6.2%) 0.86 (0.77, 0.95) 0.87 (0.70, 1.09)

Adjusted Odds Ratios adjusted for all variables listed in this table, as well as for marital status, admission source, hospital region, and all comorbidity adjustment using the Elixhauser method (those with prevalence of >=1%), and clustering at the hospital and attending provider levels.