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Table 5 Odds ratios for medicine prescription and purchase for patients with chronic condition as consultation reason and its associated p-value from different gamma GLM models, Tajikistan, 2016

From: Out of pocket expenditures of patients with a chronic condition consulting a primary care provider in Tajikistan: a cross-sectional household survey

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted for age and sex

Full model

OR

p-value

aOR

p-value

aOR

p-value

Has medicine been prescribed?

0.7

0.12

0.68

0.07

0.61

0.03

Type of drug prescribed:

IV

1.9

< 0.01

1.6

< 0.01

1.4

0.05

Non-IV

1.2

0.34

1.1

0.55

1.1

0.65

Antibiotics

1

0.91

1.1

0.65

1

0.86

Vitamins

10.2

0.88

1.1

0.63

1.1

0.71

Received ≥ 5 prescriptions

1.5

< 0.01

1.55

0.01

1.5

0.01

Has all medicine been obtained?

1.3

0.30

1.5

0.06

1.5

0.14

Non-prescription medicine

1.5

< 0.01

1.45

0.07

1.3

0.15

Supplementary treatment

1.8

< 0.01

1.6

< 0.01

1.3

0.18