Multivariable Regression: Factors Associated with Physicians' Numbers of Prescriptions and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Orders
Variables | Prescriptions | PIM Orders |
---|---|---|
Lack of benefit/risk information about deprescribing* | −0.40 (0.16)† | −0.06 (0.03)† |
Number of medications* | −0.67 (0.24)† | −0.07 (0.04) |
Proportion of minority patients | −3.72 (0.81)† | −0.34 (0.14)† |
Proportion of patients aged ≥75 | −2.92 (1.13)† | −0.45 (0.20)† |
Use of the Beers List‡ | −0.17 (0.08) | |
Intercept | 16.31 (1.32)† | 1.40 (0.24)† |
Adjusted R2 (AIC) | 0.3939 (228) | 0.2062 (12.4) |
Data are β (standard error). All variables included in the fitted models are reported in this table.
↵* The importance of triggers/barriers were assessed using 5-point Likert scales ranging from 1(Not important) to 5(very important).
↵† P < .05.
↵‡ Reference group includes those physicians who did not use the Beers List.
AIC, Akaike information criterion; PIM, potentially inappropriate medication.