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Published in final edited form as: Can J Aging. 2015 Apr 8;34(2):137–148. doi: 10.1017/S0714980815000057

Table 3.

Associations between prescribing rates and resident/facility characteristics in 2012

Characteristic	Vitamin D	Calcium	Osteoporosis Medications

	OR (95% CI)
Resident-level
Age, per 10 years	1.08 (1.05, 1.11)	1.05 (1.02, 1.09	1.06 (1.02, 1.11)
Male sex	0.61 (0.57, 0.65)	0.48 (0.45, 0.52)	0.33 (0.30, 0.37)
Facility-level
Community population, per 100,000 persons	1.00 (0.99, 1.00)	1.01 (1.00, 1.01)	1.01 (1.00, 1.01)
Number of prescribing physicians	1.05 (1.02, 1.09)	1.03 (1.01, 1.05)	1.01 (0.99, 1.04)
Corporate chain affiliation^a	0.96 (0.69, 1.33)	0.95 (0.67, 1.34)	1.03 (0.81, 1.30)
LTC home size
Medium (100–199 beds)^b	0.97 (0.74, 1.27)	1.04 (0.84, 1.28)	1.08 (0.91, 1.27)
Large (≥ 200 beds)^b	0.78 (0.53, 1.13)	0.90 (0.67, 1.19)	0.85 (0.63, 1.14)
Profit status
Municipal^c	1.10 (0.76, 1.59)	1.03 (0.71, 1.48)	0.96 (0.73, 1.28)
Non-profit^c	1.06 (0.71, 1.58)	1.35 (0.91, 2.02)	1.20 (0.92, 1.58)

Bolded estimates indicate significance at alpha < 0.05.

Reference category is no chain affiliation.

Reference category is small (< 100 beds).

Reference category is for-profit.