Table 5.

Odds of Treatment Comfort as the Primary Care Physician for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Disease, Among General Internists and General Pediatricians

		Internist OR (95% CI)	Pediatrician OR (95% CI)
		= 429	= 657
		Model 1	Model 2
Cystic fibrosis	Female	1.8 (0.9, 3.5)	0.9 (0.6, 1.2)
	Years in practice	0.9 (0.9, 1.0)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
	Hours per week seeing patients	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
	# CF patients treated in residency†	1.5 (0.7, 3.0)	1.2 (0.9, 1.7)
	# CF patients treated in practice†	6.5 (3.5, 12.0)	2.4 (1.7, 3.4)
	Composite specialized resources	1.1 (0.9, 1.4)	1.2 (1.1, 1.3)
	Cystic fibrosis center easily available	1.4 (0.7, 3.0)	1.2 (0.8, 1.7)
	Pulmonologist easily accessible	0.5 (0.2, 1.4)	1.2 (0.7, 1.7)
	Practice type: group practice*	0.7 (0.3, 1.3)	1.2 (0.7, 1.8)
	Practice type: hospital-based*	0.3 (0.1, 0.9)	0.9 (0.4, 1.9)
	Practice type: other*	0.3 (0.1, 1.6)	0.6 (0.2, 1.4)
		= 425	= 658
		Model 3	Model 4
Sickle cell disease	Female	1.2 (0.8, 2.1)	1.2 (0.8, 1.7)
	Years in practice	1.0 (0.9, 1.0)	1.0 (0.8, 1.8)
	Hours per week seeing patients	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
	# SCD patients treated in residency†	1.8 (1.2, 2.8)	1.4 (0.9, 2.2)
	# SCD patients treated in practice†	3.5 (2.4, 5.0)	3.1 (2.2, 4.2)
	Composite specialized resources	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
	SCD center easily accessible	1.7 (0.9, 3.1)	1.0 (0.7, 1.5)
	Hematologist easily accessible	0.7 (0.3, 1.5)	2.3 (1.2, 4.4)
	Practice type: group practice*	0.6 (0.4, 1.1)	0.8 (0.5, 1.3)
	Practice type: hospital-based*	0.3 (0.1, 0.7)	0.7 (0.4, 1.8)
	Practice type: other*	0.1 (0.0, 0.7)	0.5 (0.2. 1.4)

*Reference group is solo/2 person practice

†Treated as linear variable in model