Table 3

Reported utilization of written breast cancer screening guidelines among primary care health professionals, by practice location.

Geographic Category

N

% Using written guidelines

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR*

95% CI

Rural

98

74.5%

1.0

1.0

Suburban

79

62.0%

0.56

0.29–1.06

0.51

0.26–0.98

Urban

251

62.9%

0.58

0.34–0.98

0.56

0.33–0.97

TOTAL

428

65.4%

*Adjusted for age and clinical groups (MD, NP, PA). When the suburban group was compared to urban group using the suburban group as the referent the crude OR = 1.04 (95% CI 0.61–1.75); adjusted* OR = 1.14 (95% CI 0.66–1.95); n = 325.

Santora et al. BMC Public Health 2003 3:9   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-9