Table 4 Physician characteristics and their relationship to providing mammography screening in the 12 months following a patient’s visit
From: Do physician communication skills influence screening mammography utilization?
| Â | Mammography screening | Â | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Physician Characteristics | Yes | No | Odds Ratioa(95% CI) | P- Value |
N=32 689 | N=64 019 | |||
Demographics | No. (%) | No. (%) | Â | Â |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 11 107 (34.0) | 25 366 (39.6) | reference |  |
 Female | 21 582 (66.0) | 38 653 (60.4) | 1.20 (1.07-1.35) | 0.002 |
Medical School | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Canadian | 29 297 (89.6) | 56 626 (88.4) | reference |  |
 International graduate | 3 392 (10.4) | 7393 (11.6) | 1.12 (0.91-1.38) | 0.30 |
Specialty | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Family medicine/general practice | 29 640 (90.7) | 59 54 (93.0) | reference |  |
 Medical specialty | 259 (0.8) | 515 (0.8) | 0.79 (0.53-1.18) | 0.26 |
 Surgical specialty | 2 780 (8.5) | 3 938 (6.2) | 1.59 (1.22-2.06) | 0.001 |
Practice Experience | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | Â | Â |
Number of years of practice, per year increase | 3.4 (2.6) | 3.7 (2.7) | 0.96 (0.95-0.97) | <0.001 |
Medical Knowledge & Clinical Decision Making Ability | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | Â | Â |
MCCQE1 score, per 2 SD increase | 512.3 (76.6) | 510.7 (76.0) | 1.05 (0.97-1.12) | 0.22 |
Communication Ability | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | Â | Â |
MCCQE2 Communication sub-score, per 2 SD increase | 516.4 (93.9) | 507.6 (98.4) | 1.24 (1.11-1.38) | <0.001 |
MCCQE2 Data acquisition sub-score, per 2 SD increase | 531.0 (95.0) | 531.1 (91.2) | 0.98 (0.92-1.05) | 0.58 |