Table 1. Bivariate Results: Primary Care Physicians’ Experience Ordering or Referring Patients for Available Genetic Tests, by Physician Characteristics.
| Distribution of Population Characteristics |
Experience Ordering or Referring Patients for Genetic Testing |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Ordered |
Ever Referred |
Ever Ordered or Referred |
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| Total | 60% | 74% | 81% | |
| High Proportion Minority Patients > 50% ≤ 50% |
147 925 |
54% 61% |
63%† 76% |
73%** 82% |
| High Proportion Medicaid Patients >30% ≤ 30% |
150 915 |
52%* 61% |
59%† 77% |
70%† 83% |
| High Proportion Patients with Primary Language other than English > 20% ≤ 20% |
169 910 |
57% 60% |
69% 75% |
77% 82% |
| High Proportion Uninsured Patients > 15% ≤ 15% |
196 873 |
57% 60% |
68% 75% |
75%* 82% |
| Size of Practice 1-2 Doctors in Practice 3+ |
414 676 |
57%** 62% |
68%† 77% |
75%† 84% |
| Region in which practice is located Northeast Midwest West South |
236 291 238 355 |
65% 55% 60% 57% |
77% 75% 72% 70% |
85% 79% 80% 78% |
| Practice Type Independent Practice Group/Staff Model HMO Hospital Outpatient Dept. Hospital CHC Free-standing CHC Other |
686 95 83 67 75 97 |
60% 56% 70% 50% 62% 57% |
73% 73% 77% 71% 77% 71% |
80% 79% 88% 76% 88% 75% |
| Age 27 – 44 45 – 64 65 + |
375 588 128 |
63%† 60% 43% |
80%† 73% 54% |
84%† 82% 61% |
| Specialty Family Practice/General Medicine Internal Medicine |
616 504 |
60% 58% |
82%† 66% |
85%† 76% |
| Full-Time Faculty Appointment No Yes |
915 147 |
58% 63% |
72% 78% |
80% 81% |
| Received Training in Clinical Genetics in Medical School Yes No |
676 433 |
67%† 46% |
80%† 63% |
86%† 73% |
| Received Training in Clinical Genetics in CME Yes No |
515 590 |
68%† 51% |
81%† 67% |
88%† 75% |
| Accurate Knowledge of Current Legal Protections Yes No |
105 1005 |
77%† 57% |
94%† 71% |
98%† 79% |
| Confident Interpreting Genetic Test Results Yes No |
59 1048 |
72%* 58% |
84% 73% |
86% 80% |
| Feels Prepared to Counsel Patients Considering a Genetic Test Yes No |
47 1061 |
85%† 58% |
91%† 72% |
94%* 80% |
| Early adopter of New Diagnostic Tests Yes No |
160 942 |
75%† 56% |
78% 73% |
90%** 79% |
| Optimistic that Genetics will Improve Treatment Yes No |
154 955 |
60% 59% |
70% 74% |
74% 86% |
Note: Descriptive analyses included all respondents, but may not always be based on the same number of respondents due to a small number of missing observations. All percentages account for sample weighting.
*
Chi Square statistics results: p<0.05
**
Chi Square statistics results: p<0.01
†
Chi Square statistics results: p<0.001