Primary Care Provider Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Screening Barriers: Implications for Designing Quality Improvement Interventions

Table 2

Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for provider and clinic predictors of membership in PCP group perceiving multiple barriers ().

	OR	95% CI	value
Primary care provider characteristics
Gender
Male	(ref)
Female	2.13	0.88, 5.13	0.090
Specialty
Family medicine	(ref)
Internal medicine	0.69	0.19, 2.37	0.552
Years in practice
<10 yrs	(ref)
10–20 yrs	1.12	0.53, 2.35	0.764
>20 yrs	1.24	0.52, 2.92	0.626
Missing	0.69	0.24, 2.00	0.498
CRC screening rate
Bottom half	(ref)
Top half	4.14	2.43, 7.08	<0.0001
Primary care clinic characteristics
Clinic management
Hospital-owned	(ref)
Physician-owned	0.53	0.18, 1.57	0.253
Distance to nearest colonoscopy center in miles	0.97	0.87, 1.07	0.520
Number of providers within the clinic	0.95	0.90, 0.99	0.044

OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, ACG = ambulatory care group, and CRC = colorectal cancer.