Value of pharmacy services upon admission to an orthopedic surgery unit

Table.4 Unintended discrepancies—multivariable analysis

Variable	B	95% CI	Beta	T	p
Age	0.010	− 0.002 to 0.023	0.148	1.617	0.109
Number of information sources used	− 0.153	− 0.495 to 0.189	− 0.085	− 0.889	0.376
Number of home medications	0.152	0.098 to 0.206	0.492	5.594	< 0.001

Variables with a p-value of 0.2 or less in the bivariate analysis were included in the initial model. Those include: age, number of information sources used, and number of home medications
Using a backward method, the final model only retained the number of home medications

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