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. 2023 Mar 17;4(3):e230106. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0106

Table 2. Odds of Providing at Least 1 Intrauterine Device or Implant to Medicaid Beneficiaries by Physicians in 2016.

Characteristic Odds ratio (95% CI)
Family medicine (n = 86 106) Internal medicine (n = 85 095) OBGYN (n = 35 994) Pediatrics (n = 43 822)
Physician characteristics
Female 1.95 (1.68-2.26)a 1.06 (0.73-1.54) 0.96 (0.91-1.02) 1.29 (0.94-1.79)
Doctor of osteopathy 0.53 (0.45-0.62)a 0.83 (0.51-1.35) 1.08 (0.82-1.42) 0.61 (0.41-0.91)b
International medical graduate 0.44 (0.36-0.55)a 0.73 (0.38-1.40) 1.08 (0.91-1.29) 0.67 (0.39-1.15)
Age, y
35-44 1.10 (1.00-1.21) 1.85 (1.30-2.64)a 3.51 (2.93-4.21)a 1.90 (1.49-2.42)a
45-54 0.66 (0.55-0.80)a 2.44 (1.71-3.49)a 3.01 (2.43-3.72)a 1.80 (1.28-2.54)a
55-64 0.51 (0.39-0.65)a 2.60 (1.73-3.92)a 2.27 (1.82-2.83)a 1.83 (1.31-2.56)a
≥65 0.29 (0.19-0.44)a 1.75 (1.21-2.54)a 1.15 (0.94-1.41) 1.37 (0.89-2.09)
County characteristicsc
Rural 1.22 (0.95-1.57) 1.00 (0.67-1.48) 0.49 (0.38-0.62)a 0.56 (0.36-0.88)b
Log of county female population aged 15-44 y 0.99 (0.87-1.13) 1.10 (0.92-1.31) 0.78 (0.69-0.89)a 1.02 (0.82-1.27)
County % population below poverty line 1.01 (0.97-1.04) 1.08 (1.02-1.14)a 1.00 (0.97-1.03) 1.08 (1.02-1.13)a
Race and ethnicity
County % population AIAN 1.00 (0.98-1.02) 0.97 (0.90-1.04) 1.00 (0.97-1.03) 0.98 (0.95-1.02)
County % population Asian 1.00 (0.97-1.02) 1.00 (0.94-1.06) 0.96 (0.94-0.99)a 0.99 (0.92-1.07)
County % population Black 0.98 (0.96-1.00)b 1.00 (0.98-1.03) 1.00 (0.98-1.01) 0.99 (0.97-1.02)
County % population Hispanic 0.99 (0.97-1.00) 0.94 (0.87-1.01) 0.99 (0.97-1.01) 0.94 (0.88-1.01)
State policy characteristics
State expanded Medicaid by 2016 1.06 (0.62-1.83) 0.19 (0.05-0.63)a 0.84 (0.62-1.15) 0.28 (0.08-0.95)b
State had a Medicaid family planning waiver in 2016 0.92 (0.50-1.68) 0.12 (0.02-0.80)b 0.87 (0.54-1.41) 0.23 (0.04-1.33)

Abbreviations: AIAN, American Indian or Alaska Native; OBGYN, obstetrics and gynecology.

a

P < .01.

b

P < .05.

c

The county in which a physician was located.