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Table 6 Variables associated with prescribing errors in pediatric inpatients (Multivariate Analysis)

From: Medication prescribing errors and associated factors at the pediatric wards of Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Variables

P-value

AOR

95% CI

Day of the week

   

Weekdays

 

1.000

(reference )

Weekends and holidays

0.015

0.418

(0.207 – 0.844)

Route of administration

0.000

  

Intravenous

 

1.000

(reference)

Oral

0.000

7.834

(4.305 – 14.257)

Othersa

0.000

5.467

(2.823 – 10.586)

  1. Note: aIntramuscular, rectal, topical.
  2. Abbreviations: AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval.