Assessing the predictors for training in management amongst hospital managers and chief executive officers: a cross-sectional study of hospitals in Abuja, Nigeria

Table 5 Logistic regression model coefficients on attainment of formal training in health management

	B	S.E.	Wald	df	p-value	Exp(B)	95% C.I. for EXP(B)
	B	S.E.	Wald	df	p-value	Exp(B)	Lower	Upper
Constant	2.667	2.112	1.594	1	.207	14.394
^aAge (< 45 years)	1.353	1.404	.929	1	.335	3.870	.247	60.639
Gender (Female)	.474	.867	.299	1	.585	1.606	.293	8.795
^aAcademic qual. (Higher degree)	3.237	1.200	7.282	1	.007*	25.463	2.426	267.311
^aHospital type (Non government)	−1.469	1.163	1.595	1	.207	.230	.024	2.249
Hospital bed			.405	2	.817
25–50 beds	.818	1.580	.268	1	.605	2.265	.102	50.136
50–100 beds	.706	1.133	.388	1	.533	2.025	.220	18.655
^aHospital staff			1.396	2	.498
Below 25 staff	−1.206	1.190	1.027	1	.311	.299	.029	3.084
25–50 staff	.014	1.042	.000	1	.989	1.014	.131	7.819
Current Designation			2.596	3	.458
Hospital administrator	−.495	1.313	.142	1	.706	.609	.046	7.992
CEO/hospital director	−2.065	1.400	2.175	1	.140	.127	.008	1.972
Medical director	−.311	1.161	.072	1	.789	.733	.075	7.130
Experience in hosp. Mgt.			5.183	2	.075
3–10 years	−2.146	1.001	4.596	1	.032	.117	.016	.832
Above 10 years	−3.498	1.919	3.325	1	.068	.030	.001	1.299
Intention to attend prog. (Yes)	−.795	1.047	.576	1	.448	.452	.058	3.517

Predictors: Age, Gender, Academic qualification, Hospital type, No. of hospital bed, No. of staff, Current designation, Experience in hospital management & Intention to attend healthcare mgt programme in next 5 years
Reference category: Age (< 45 years), gender (male), academic qual. (1st degree), hospital type (government), hospital bed (> 100 beds), hospital staff (> 50 staff), designation (admin officer), experience in hosp. Mgt (≤ 2 years), intention to attend healthcare mgt prog (no)
*implies significant predictors; ^aimplies variables in which some groups were merged to enhance logistic regression.

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