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. 2022 Oct 7;12(10):e063370. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063370

Table 5.

Associations between participants’ characteristics and reported barriers to mifepristone provision (N=433)

Participant characteristics Cost Liability Lack of prescriptions Inadequate stock Need for training Lack of payment mechanisms Short expiry date
Barriers
Age –0.005 0.019 –0.0002 0.014 0.013 0.010 0.007
95% CI –0.021 to 0.011 0.003 to 0.035 –0.017 to 0.016 –0.002 to 0.031 –0.002 to 0.0295 –0.006 to 0.0265 –0.008 to 0.022
P value 0.513 0.018* 0.977 0.079 0.094 0.222 0.391
Sex 0.033 –0.08 –0.353 –0.128 –0.296 –0.325 –0.267
95% CI –0.344 to 0.411 –0.449 to 0.293 –0.731 to 0.025 –0.508 to 0.252 –0.665 to 0.072 –0.703 to 0.052 –0.650 to 0.114
P value 0.862 0.679 0.067 0.509 0.115 0.092 0.170
Urban vs rural setting 0.278 –0.291 0.260 –0.069 –0.378 –0.352 –0.265
95% CI –0.643 to 0.086 –0.648 to 0.065 –0.625 to 0.105 –0.431 to 0.292 –0.737 to -0.019 –0.715 to 0.011 –0.624 to 0.093
P value 0.134 0.109 0.163 0.707 0.039* 0.057 0.147
Years practicing as pharmacist –0.002 0.013 0.006 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.013
95% CI –0.018 to 0.013 –0.002 to 0.028 –0.010 to 0.021 –0.001 to 0.031 –0.0003 to 0.031 –0.0003 to 0.031 –0.002 to 0.028
P value 0.787 0.08 0.481 0.065 0.056 0.055 0.095
Pharmacy owner 0.358 0.637 –0.817 –0.212 0.525 –0.457 –0.448
95% CI –0.154 to 0.871 0.120 to 1.154 –1.350 to 0.285 –0.725 to 0.299 0.010 to 1.040 –0.979 to 0.065 –0.950 to 0.054
P value 0.171 0.016* 0.003* 0.416 0.046* 0.086 0.080

*Statistically significant.