Table 2

Summary measure of approaches to breast cancer screening among primary care health professionals (% of respondents agreeing with 3 or more of 4 survey items), by geographic category.

Geographic Category
N
percent
Crude OR
95% CI
Adjusted OR*
95% CI

Rural
96
43.8%
1.0

1.0

Suburban
76
52.6%
1.43
0.78–2.62
1.25
0.67–2.35
Urban
241
50.6%
1.32
0.82–2.12
1.20
0.73–1.99
TOTAL
413
49.4%





*Adjusted for age and practise structure. When the suburban group was compared to urban group using the suburban group as the referent, the crude OR = 0.92 (95% CI 0.55–1.54); adjusted* OR = 0.94 (95% CI 0.55–1.64); n = 408.

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