Retrospective Assessment of Antibiotics Prescribing at Public Primary Healthcare Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 5

Bivariate logistic regression of factors associated with antibiotics prescribing at health centers in Addis Ababa, January 1–December 31, 2016.

Variable	Antibiotics prescribed?		COR (95% CI)
	No	Yes
Patient’s sex
Male	156	194	0.955 (0.729–1.251)
Female	238	310	1.000
Age of patient (years)
0–14	67	155	4.124 (2.601–6.539)
15–34	152	218	2.557 (1.686–3.876)
35–54	89	79	1.582 (0.988–2.535)
≥55	82	46	1.000
Prescribing quarter
1st quarter (Jan.–March, 2016)	99	124	1.000
2nd quarter (April–June, 2016)	108	111	0.821 (0.564–1.193)
3rd quarter (July–Sept., 2016)	93	137	1.176 (0.810–1.708)
4th quarter (Oct.–Dec., 2016)	96	132	1.098 (0.756–1.594)