Factors influencing the degree of physician-pharmacists collaboration within governmental hospitals of Jigjiga Town, Somali National Regional State, Ethiopia, 2020

Table 6 Multiple regression analysis of factors influencing the collaborative care for the physicians working in the governmental hospitals of Jigjiga town, SNRS, Ethiopia, November 2020

Independent variables	Beta coefficients	p-value
Sex	-1.63	0.08
Age category in years
18-25^a	-1.14	0.53
26-35^a	-1.80	0.30
36-45^a	-4.14	0.04*
Years of experience in years (≤ 5)^b	-0.39	0.55
Area of practice
Internal medicine ward^c	3.66	0.01*
Pediatric ward^c	0.35	0.67
Surgical ward^c	0.18	0.83
OPD ward^c	0.50	0.55
Emergency Ward^c	-1.24	0.34
Trustworthiness	0.17	0.03*
Role specification	-0.05	0.50
Relationship initiation	0.62	0.01*

^aAge ≥ 46 is the reference group for the age classification; ^bDrug store is the reference for practicing area of pharmacists; OPD, Outpatient department; ART, Antiretroviral therapy; *p < 0.05

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