Table 4 Logistic regression of decrease in prescribing rate by ≥ 1 medication between 2014/15 and 2016/17

Male vs female provider

0.69 (0.25–1.95)

0.68 (0.34–1.37)

1.44 (0.71–2.9)

Provider age (per 1 year increase in age)

1.04 (0.98–1.09)

1.01 (0.98–1.05)

1.03 (0.99–1.06)

Family physician vs. nurse practitioner

1.4 (0.25–7.83)

1.86 (0.59–5.88)

1.06 (0.36–3.12)

Salaried vs. fee-for-service provider

1.59 (0.49–5.19)

2.38 (1.01–5.6)

0.57 (0.24–1.32)

Urban vs rural clinic

0.41 (0.11–1.51)

1.24 (0.51–258)

0.59 (0.24–1.46)

Canadian graduate vs. international graduate

1.24 (0.35–4.46)

1.15 (0.51–2.58)

0.68 (0.3–6.74)

Intervention group vs control group

4.28 (1.56–11.76)

1.36 (0.67–2.78)

3.29 (1.6–6.74)