Screening mammography beliefs and recommendations: a web-based survey of primary care physicians

Table 3 Primary care physicians' perceived effectiveness, and recommendations of screening mammography for average-risk women

	Model 1*	Model 2 ^†
Perceived effectiveness (Ordinal logistic regression)
1. "not effective", 2. "somewhat effective", 3. "very effective"
Age 40-49 years
IM vs FP	1.06 (0.8-1.5)	0.9 (0.7-1.3)
OBG vs FP	1.98 (1.3-3.0)	2.0 (1.3-3.1)
Age 50-69 years
IM vs FP	1.0 (0.6-1.7)	1.0 (0.6-1.7)
OBG vs FP	1.0 (0.6-1.9)	1.1 (0.6-2.7)
Age 70-89 years
IM vs FP	1.4 (0.9-2.0)	1.3 (0.9-1.9)
OBG vs FP	4.3 (2.5-7.3)	4.5 (2.6-7.8)
Recommendations for screening mammography (Logistic regression)
Age 40-49 years: "always"/"often" vs "sometime"/"rarely"/"never"
IM vs FP	0.8 (0.5-1.3)	0.7 (0.5-1.2)
OBG vs FP	2.9 (1.4-6.2)	3.0 (1.4-6.3)
Age 50-69 years: "always" vs "often"/"sometime"/"rarely"/"never"
IM vs FP	1.0 (0.6-1.7)	1.1 (0.6-1.9)
OBG vs FP	2.4 (1.04-5.7)	2.5 (1.1-5.9)
Age 70-89: "always"/"often" vs "sometime"/"rarely"/"never"
IM vs FP	1.4 (0.9-1.2)	1.3 (0.9-1.9)
OBG vs FP	4. 3 (2.5-7.4)	4.5 (2.6-1.9)

*Model 1. Primary care physician specialty; comparing general internists and obstetricians and gynaecologists versus reference category family physicians.
^† Model 2. Adjusted for primary care physician specialty (reference category: FP), US region (reference category: Northeast), and race/ethnicity (reference category: white).

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