Table 4

Multivariable regression for outcomes of local first and last authors (affiliated only with the study country) among single-country studies

Local first authorLocal last author
aOR (95% CI)aOR (95% CI)
WB classification study country
LICrefref
LMIC1.44 (1.06 to 1.97)1.76 (1.27 to 2.43)
UMIC3.81 (2.61 to 5.58)6.19 (4.19 to 9.14)
Number of study authors
1–5refref
6–100.54 (0.41 to 0.69)0.64 (0.50 to 0.82)
11 or more0.50 (0.36 to 0.69)0.48 (0.34 to 0.67)
Any funding support2.16 (1.70 to 2.73)2.00 (1.58 to 2.53)
GEMLR category
ECRLSrefref
EMD0.37 (0.27 to 0.51)0.66 (0.48 to 0.91)
DHR0.15 (0.10 to 0.22)0.21 (0.14 to 0.31)
WHO region
EURrefref
AFRO0.46 (0.20 to 1.05)1.12 (0.55 to 2.28)
AMR0.30 (0.13 to 0.71)0.43 (0.21 to 0.92)
EMR0.95 (0.41 to 2.23)2.20 (1.05 to 4.63)
SEAR1.15 (0.49 to 2.71)1.93 (0.92 to 4.05)
WPR0.83 (0.35 to 2.01)1.34 (0.62 to 2.89)
  • AFRO, African Region; AMR, Region of the Americas; DHR, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief; ECRLS, Emergency Care in Resource Limited Settings; EMD, Emergency Medicine Development; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR, European Region; GEMLR, Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review; LIC, low-income country; LMIC, low and middle-income country; SEAR, South-East Asian Region; UMIC, upper middle-income country; WPR, Western Pacific Region.