Table 3 Ranking of the predictors of polypharmacy by their overall discriminatory power
Independent variable | Power |
|---|---|
Total number of diagnoses per patient on a single visit | 100.0 |
Ownership of health facility (public/private) | 36.1 |
Patient treated with artemether lumefantrine | 26.8 |
Health worker age | 26.0 |
Patient seen by health worker with IMCI training | 16.1 |
No stockouts of artemether lumefantrine in previous 90 days | 13.9 |
Health worker sex | 12.1 |
Patient seen by health worker supervised within previous six months | 11.5 |
Transmission season | 4.8 |
Availability of any scale in the health facility | 4.5 |
Patient seen by health worker with experience on caring patients | 3.9 |
Supplies to administer oral medications | 2.4 |
Type of health facility | 1.0 |
Health workers' cadre | 0.4 |
Any artemether lumefantrine available in health facility today | 0.1 |