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. 2019 Jun 14;7(2):e14026. doi: 10.2196/14026

Table 2.

Results of multilevel multinomial logistic regression targeting hospitals. Significant variables are presented as italics.

Target Hospitals with no adoption schedule in fiscal year 2011 (n=4278) Hospitals with a specified adoption schedule in fiscal year 2011 (n=1051)


Adoption, ORa (95% CIb) Specified adoption schedule, OR (95% CI) Adoption, OR (95% CI) No adoption schedule, OR (95% CI)
Intercept 0.06 (0.03-0.14) 0.19 (0.13-0.31) 0.96 (0.42-2.19) 0.57 (0.16-1.86)
Advocating internal medicine 0.76 (0.46-1.29) 0.85 (0.63-1.12) 0.94 (0.51-1.78) 1.41 (0.60-3.83)
Advocating surgery 1.11 (0.76-1.58) 0.97 (0.81-1.17) 1.03 (0.68-1.58) 0.51 (0.28-0.90)
Designed as an emergency hospital 1.38 (0.999-1.94) 1.20 (0.99-1.45) 1.06 (0.74-1.56) 1.36 (0.77-2.47)
Number of outpatients

Quantile 1 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)

Quantile 2 0.77 (0.47-1.23) 1.18 (0.94-1.49) 1.83 (1.21-2.83) 0.98 (0.53-1.72)

Quantile 3 1.04 (0.63-1.66) 1.68 (1.31-2.14) 2.84 (1.82-4.40) 0.43 (0.20-0.88)

Quantile 4 1.67 (1.005-2.84) 2.40 (1.80-3.21) 2.79 (1.60-5.14) 0.58 (0.21-1.44)
Number of doctorsc

Quantile 1 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) N/Ad N/A

Quantile 2 1.58 (0.99-2.55) 1.13 (0.90-1.40) N/A N/A

Quantile 3 1.86 (1.13-3.08) 1.54 (1.23-1.95) N/A N/A

Quantile 4 4.20 (2.39-7.31) 2.02 (1.52-2.64) N/A N/A
Presence of interns 2.08 (1.34-3.16) 1.45 (1.07-1.95) 1.87 (1.28-2.86) 0.88 (0.38-2.02)
Implementation of home medical care 0.96 (0.72-1.25) 1.18 (1.01-1.39) 0.93 (0.69-1.26) 0.70 (0.44-1.13)
Private establisher 0.73 (0.51-1.08) 0.85 (0.67-1.07) 0.73 (0.50-1.08) 0.74 (0.37-1.50)
Number of beds

<200 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)

200-399 1.19 (0.82-1.71) 1.12 (0.88-1.42) 1.18 (0.80-1.76) 0.94 (0.48-1.75)

≥400 1.38 (0.72-2.58) 1.34 (0.83-2.17) 2.10 (1.12-3.86) 0.81 (0.24-2.37)
Population density per km2

Quantile 1 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)

Quantile 2 0.84 (0.56-1.23) 1.13 (0.91-1.41) 0.78 (0.49-1.25) 0.71 (0.35-1.56)

Quantile 3 1.02 (0.68-1.57) 1.25 (0.98-1.58) 0.75 (0.47-1.21) 0.79 (0.37-1.80)

Quantile 4 0.80 (0.50-1.27) 0.97 (0.76-1.25) 0.44 (0.25-0.78) 1.09 (0.49-2.54)
Working doctors per 1000 population 1.08 (0.87-1.35) 1.07 (0.94-1.21) 1.05 (0.87-1.28) 0.84 (0.56-1.18)
Proportion of interns to all working doctors 0.94 (0.88-1.002) 0.98 (0.95-1.02) 0.99 (0.92-1.07) 1.03 (0.90-1.16)

aOR: odds ratio.

bCI: credible interval.

cThe factor “number of doctors” was removed from the model targeting hospitals with a specified electronic medical record adoption schedule, as it had a high generalized variance inflation factor of >2.5

dN/A: not applicable.