Logistic models of major determinants for hospitals to enact more restrictive smoking policies than required by the JCAHO smoking ban standard
Variable | Initial model with all variables | Final model | |||||
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Odds ratio (95% CI) | p | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p | ||||
Non-tobacco state | 2.75 (1.91–3.96) | 0.0001 | 2.70 (1.88–3.86) | 0.0001 | |||
Metropolitan location | 1.48 (1.05–2.07) | 0.0237 | 1.56 (1.12–2.18) | 0.0090 | |||
Unionised | 1.72 (1.22–2.42) | 0.0022 | 1.70 (1.20–2.39) | 0.0026 | |||
Fewer than 100 beds | 1.81 (1.29–2.55) | 0.0006 | 1.91 (1.37–2.68) | 0.0002 | |||
No psychiatry or substance abuse unit | 2.35 (1.33–4.15) | 0.0032 | 2.89 (1.96–4.26) | 0.0001 | |||
Psychiatry or substance abuse unit with same policy as hospital | 4.41 (2.90–6.69) | 0.0001 | 4.76 (3.15–7.20) | 0.0001 | |||
Children’s hospital | 14.5 (1.88–111) | 0.0103 | NA | NA | |||
No dedicated psychiatric beds | 1.25 (0.75–2.08) | 0.3991 | NA | NA | |||
c-statistic | 0.73 | NA | 0.72 | NA | |||
Goodness-of-fit7-150 | 13.3 | 0.06 | 11.5 | 0.17 |
↵7-150 Non-significant value implies acceptable model fit.
JCAHO = Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; NA = not applicable.