Factors Associated with Neurologists’ Provision of MS Patient Care

Table 3

Negative binomial regression predicting MS patients seen per week among MS subspecialists.

	Incidence rate ratio	95% confidence interval	𝑃 value
Year began medical practice (1972 to 1985 reference)
1986 to 1993	0.72	0.51–1.01	0.060
1994 to 2001	0.78	0.56–1.09	0.147
2002 to 2011	0.74	0.46–1.19	0.212
Care involving a multidisciplinary approach (no reference)
Yes	1.12	0.90–1.41	0.316
Personal connection to individuals with MS who are not your patients (no reference)
Yes	1.07	0.76–1.50	0.714
Enjoy interacting with MS patients (no reference)
Yes	1.63	1.31–2.03	0.000