Table 2.

Rates of Patients' Reported Physician Recommendation for Mammograpy, Pap Test, and Colorectal Cancer Screening by Patient, Physician, and Healthcare Characteristics

	% Received recommendation in past 2 years
Sample characteristic	Mammography (n = 344)	Pap test (n = 358)	CRCascreening (n = 300)
Patient characteristics
Age, years
50–64	73%	67%	61%
≥65	49%	35%	37%
	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)
Educational level
Up to high school	51%	33%	36%
Some college or higher	67%	60%	57%
	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)
Employed
No	54%	41%	44%
Yes	74%	69%	60%
	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)
Cultural views
Western	68%	61%	57%
Eastern	56%	44%	44%
	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)	(p < 0.001)
Physician and healthcare characteristics
Physician specialty
Family medicine or general practitioner	69%	58%	56%
Other	52%	45%	44%
	(p < 0.05)	(p < 0.05)	(p < 0.05)
Physician gender
Male	62%	51%	52%
Female	65%	59%	51%
Language used during visits
English	69%	60%	59%
Chinese	58%	48%	46%
	(p < 0.05)	(p < 0.05)	(p < 0.05)
Length seeing regular physician
≤3 years	56%	43%	50%
>3 years	66%	59%	52%
		(p < 0.01)

^aCRC, colorectal cancer.