Table 2.

Physician Characteristics Associated With Common Physician-Reported Barriers to Osteoporosis Screening^a

	Patient nonadherence	Physician concern for cost	Clinic visit time constraints	Low on the priority list	Patient concern for cost
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Physician characteristics
Specialty
Primary care	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Endocrinology	0.69 (0.35–1.36)	1.23 (0.65–2.35)	0.80 (0.42–1.50)	1.14 (0.60–2.17)	1.20 (0.64–2.25)
Geriatrics	0.65 (0.34–1.25)	0.48 (0.26–0.89)b	0.40 (0.21–0.76)b	0.59 (0.31–1.12)	0.65 (0.35–1.21)
Practice setting
Private practice	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Community-based academic affiliate	1.60 (0.87–2.96)	1.60 (0.89–2.89)	1.96 (1.10–3.50)b	1.59 (0.89–2.83)	0.67 (0.38–1.18)
Academic tertiary care center	2.34 (1.06–5.13)b	0.68 (0.34–1.36)	2.48 (1.22–5.07)b	1.72 (0.84–3.53)	0.63 (0.31–1.27)
Years in practice (y)
0–10	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
11–20	0.53 (0.24–1.16)	0.43 (0.21–0.88)b	0.41 (0.20–0.85)b	0.51 (0.25–1.03)	0.38 (0.19–0.77)b
>20	0.59 (0.28–1.23)	0.72 (0.37–1.42)	0.32 (0.16–0.65)b	0.35 (0.18–0.69)b	0.53 (0.28–1.02)
Days per week providing patient care (d/wk)
0.5–2	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
3–5	1.79 (0.88–3.61)	1.48 (0.77–2.85)	1.80 (0.93–3.51)	2.66 (1.34–5.29)b	0.90 (0.46–1.73)
Percentage of male patients (%)
0–25	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
26–50	0.62 (0.27–1.41)	0.64 (0.31–1.34)	0.49 (0.24–1.00)	0.73 (0.35–1.54)	0.49 (0.23–1.04)
51–100	0.95 (0.34–2.65)	0.87 (0.35–2.18)	0.93 (0.37–2.33)	0.69 (0.27–1.74)	0.59 (0.24–1.48)
Read guidelines on osteoporosis
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.61 (0.93–2.79)	0.93 (0.56–1.56)	1.13 (0.68–1.89)	0.41 (0.24–0.70)b	0.74 (0.44–1.24)

Abbreviations: OR = odds ratio; Ref = reference.

^aMissing data not included.

^bStatistically significant results.