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Table 4 Brazilian hospital characteristics and the factors associated with the presence of the pharmacist, n = 4 790, 2016

From: Hospital pharmacy workforce in Brazil

Variable

Presence of pharmacist

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

No

(n = 2 426)

Yes

(n = 2 364)

OR

IC95%

p value

OR

IC95%

p value

Type of institution

General hospital

1 921 (51.5%)

1 811 (48.5%)

1

  

1

  

Specialized hospital

505 (47.7%)

553 (52.3%)

1.16

1.01–1.33

0.032

1.35

1.14–1.61

<0.0001

Subtypes of specialized hospital

Orthopaedics

26 (55.3%)

21 (44.7%)

1

     

Oncology

9 (16.1%)

47 (83.9%)

6.47

2.59–16.16

< 0.0001

   

Paediatrics

53 (46.5%)

61 (53.5%)

1.42

0.72–2.82

0.309

   

Maternity

50 (32.5%)

104 (67.5%)

2.57

1.32–5.02

0.005

   

Psychiatry

70 (30.4%)

160 (69.6%)

2.83

1.49–5.37

0.001

   

Cardiology

29 (45.3%)

35 (54.7%)

1.49

0.70–3.18

0.298

   

NA

268 (68.2%)

125 (31.8%)

      

Management nature

Municipality

1 671 (52.7%)

1 497 (47.3%)

1

  

1

  

Joint

513 (56.6%)

393 (43.4%)

0.86

0.74–0.99

0.039

0.85

0.71–1.02

0.089

State

242 (33.8%)

474 (66.2%)

2.19

1.84–2.59

< 0.0001

1.56

1.28–1.89

< 0.0001

Legal ownership

Public

1 012 (48.0%)

1 097 (52.0%)

1

  

1

  

Non-profit

424 (36.2%)

746 (63.8%)

1.62

1.40–1.88

< 0.0001

0.837

0.70–1.00

0.045

Private

990 (65.5%)

521 (34.5%)

0.48

0.42–0.56

< 0.0001

0.32

0.27–0.38

< 0.0001

Presence of teaching/research activity

No

2 341 (54.0%)

1 992 (46.0%)

1

  

1

  

Yes

85 (18.6%)

372 (81.4%)

5.14

4.03–6.56

< 0.0001

1.91

1.45–2.51

< 0.0001

Complexity level*

Medium complexity

1 980 (57.8%)

1 448 (42.2%)

1

  

1

  

High complexity

443 (32.6%)

916 (67.4%)

2.83

2.48–3.23

< 0.0001

1.92

1.64–2.26

< 0.0001

Region

Northeast Region

956 (62.1%)

583 (37.9%)

1

  

1

  

North Region

258 (60.9%)

165 (39.1%)

1.05

0.84–1.31

0.673

0.96

0.75–1.21

0.720

South Region

320 (42.9%)

426 (57.1%)

2.18

1.83–2.61

< 0.0001

2.23

1.81–2.74

< 0.0001

Central-West Region

366 (60.6%)

238 (39.4%)

1.07

0.88–1.29

0.514

1.39

1.12–1.72

0.003

Southeast Region

526 (35.6%)

952 (64.4%)

2.97

2.56–3.44

< 0.0001

2.76

2.2–3.22

< 0.0001

Hospital beds

< 40 beds

1562

(66.8%)

778

(33.2%)

1

  

1

  

≥ 40 beds

864

(35.3%)

1586

(64.7%)

3.685

3.271–4.153

< 0.0001

2.51

2.19–2.87

< 0.0001

  1. Data expressed as n (%), logistic regression
  2. NA not available
  3. *n = 4787