The covariates considered in the regression analysis were gender, specialty, geographic region of practice, age of beginning practice, calendar year of beginning practice and doctor-to-population ratio.
Duration of practice, age of the child, presence of fever, blood in stools and occurrence of vomiting was not shown to significantly affect co-prescribing of ORS with zinc.
Finally, each practice will provide information on a few practice characteristics in a short questionnaire (geographical area, number of listed patients, number of physicians working in the practice, age of the physicians).
Cox regression analysis was conducted to determine the HRs for the following risk factors: age, gender, specialty, geographic region of practice, age of beginning practice, calendar year of beginning practice (before or after 1995 when the NHI system was established) and doctor-to-population ratio.
The questionnaire used in this survey addressed socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge and perceptions about FGM and its types, complications related to FGM, sources of information about the practice, age of girls at which they undergo the practice, and any intention of circumcision of a daughter.
Although pairing and randomisation of the practices was done by a member of the research team, he was provided only with the characteristics of the practices (age and sex of general practitioner, type of practice).
Furthermore, diverse methodological approaches consistently reveal correlations between the extent of structural and functional neural enhancement observed in musicians and their years of musical practice or age of practice onset [ 71- 74].
A study in 2013 suggested that leading a prevention oriented primary dental care practice, where parents are invited to register children upon birth, can affect their oral health practices, including age of dental registration and oral hygiene habits [ 32].
First, six measures provided structural information on the physicians and their practice (e.g., the number of physicians per practice, the age of the physicians, and the number of patients per practice).
This study examined trends in the work practices, ageing, and retirement patterns of psychiatrists.
In common practice, the age of 50 years holds the threshold for colonoscopy since the incidence of colorectal cancer, diverticulosis and polyps increases as people are getting older [ 7].
