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Table 2 Multinomial logit regression on TZD adoption

From: Diffusion patterns of new anti-diabetic drugs into hospitals in Taiwan: the case of Thiazolidinediones for diabetes

 

innovators and early adopters v.s. late majority and laggards

  

early majority v.s. late majority and laggards

  

Total

OR2

95% CI

 

OR2

95% CI

 

Ownership

      

   Ref: Public Hospital

      

   Non-profit Hospital

4.12

(1.56 10.87)

**

4.77

(1.87 12.2)

**

   Private Hospital

3.91

(1.64 9.36)

**

3.38

(1.41 8.09)

*

BNHI Regions

      

   Ref: Taipei

      

   Northern

0.51

(0.19 1.39)

 

0.47

(0.18 1.23)

 

   Central

0.85

(0.35 2.06)

 

0.58

(0.24 1.40)

 

   Southern

1.31

(0.51 3.33)

 

0.90

(0.36 2.23)

 

   Kao-Ping

0.91

(0.38 2.20)

 

0.73

(0.32 1.68)

 

   Eastern

0.30

(0.03 2.93)

 

0.96

(0.22 4.09)

 

Herfindahl-Hirschman Indexes1 (unit: HHI*100)

0.95

(0.92 0.98)

**

0.97

(0.94 0.99)

*

log (total DDD of DM in February, 2001)

1.93

(1.50 2.49)

***

1.64

(1.30 2.08)

***

  1. 1: concentration index for hospitals in February, 2001
  2. 2: odds ratio
  3. ***: p < 0.0005 **: p < 0.005 *:p < 0.05