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. 2020 Jan 21;180(4):487–493. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6544

Table 2. Regression Results: Dispense Quantities.

Variable Coefficient (95% CI) P Value
Bivariate model
Default quantity 0.19 (0.15 to 0.22) <.001
Multivariable model variablea
Default quantity 0.08 (0.04 to 0.12) .001
Age 0.01 (0.00 to 0.03) .03
Female −0.93 (−1.34 to −0.53) <.001
Site 2 −2.76 (−4.96 to −0.57) .02
a

Fixed effects calculated from 64 health care professionals who wrote 20 or more prescriptions; 40 health care professionals who wrote 19 or fewer prescriptions were grouped together, yielding 65 separate prescriber random effects. The results presented are from linear regression models.