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. 2016 May;26(3):259–276. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v26i3.9

Table 5.

Selected factors on existence of illegal pharmaceutical institutions and products, Ethiopia, March 2013.

Variables Existence of illegal
institutions
Crude OR (95%CI)
p-value
Adjusted OR (95%CI)
p-value

Yes No
Inadequate regulatory measures
Yes 84(53.2%) 74(46.8%) 4.35 (2.38, 7.97) 0.000 3.50 (1.84, 6.65 ) 0.000
No 18(20.5%) 70(79.5%) 1.00
Port control
Yes 42(34.1%) 81(65.9%) 1.00 1.00
No 60(48.8%) 63(51.2%) 1.84 (1.09, 3.03) 0.023 1.13 (0.63, 2.03) 0.689
Lack of informal market control
Yes 74(49.7%) 75(50.3%) 2.40 (1.39, 4.1) 0.002 1.97 (1.08, 3.60) 0.027*
No 28(28.9%) 69(71.1%) 1.00 1.00
Lack cooperation b/n FMHACA & regions
Yes 50(33.6%) 99(66.4%) 1.00 1.00
No 52(53.6%) 45(46.4%) 2.29 (1.35, 3.87) 0.002 1.56 (1.00, 3.40) 0.153
Illegal product exist
Yes 46(59%) 32(41%) 2.88 (1.65, 5.00) 0.000 2.79 (1.52, 5.11) 0.001
No 56(33.3%) 112(66.7%) 1.00 1.00
Reporting illegal product
Yes 20(60.4%) 13(39.4%) 1.00 1.38 (0.53, 3.74) 0.532
No 82(38.5%) 131(61.5%) 2.46 (1.16, 5.21) 0.019
Extra profit from illegal product
Yes 50(49%) 52(51%) 1.68 (1.00, 2.82) 0.048 1.04 (0.57, 1.90) 0.892
No 52(36.1%) 92(63.9%) 1.00 1.00