Table 3 Determinants of health professionals' licensing practice among health professional hiring bodies of Ethiopia, May 2021

Ownership

Private

93

112

11.23 (5.75, 22.00)

21.6 (8.85, 52.55)

Public ^a

11

149

1.00

Supervision and technical support from higher organ

Yes

85

179

2.37 (1.18, 4.77)

19.7 (2.3, 169.1)

Yes, but not continuous

11

55

1.6 (0.69, 3.68)

9.6 (0.2, 67.7)

Not at all ^a

8

27

1.00

Conducting an internal licensing audit

Yes, four times per year

17

19

2.25 (1.1, 4.65)

2.7 (1.15, 6.34)

Yes 1 to 2 times per year

53

133

2.8 (1.34, 6.13)

1.3 (0.75, 2.28)

No internal audit ^a

34

109

1.00

Work experience of respondents

Less than 10 years

26

53

1.2 (1.67, 2.16)

2.7 (0.96, 7.42)

10–20 years

46

113

1.46 (1.79, 2.67)

3.2 (0.41, 7.19)

 > 20 years ^a

32

95

1.00

Number of supervision and technical support from higher organ

3 to 5 per year

60

129

1.45 (1.88, 2.4)

10.2 (0.52, 68.0)

1 to 2 per year

32

100

1.24 (1.59, 2.58)

14.9 (0.18, 101.54)

No supervision at all ^a

12

32

1.00