Table 2.

Reported routine management of abscess by provider type.

Abscess management	Midlevel provider, % (n = 26)	Physician, % (n = 324)	OR (95% CI)
IV narcotics	92	74	4.01 (0.925–17.365)
Irrigation	84	45	6.33 (2.125–18.852)
Antibiotics	33	15	2.65 (1.085–6.479)
Wound cultures	86	28	16.11 (4.154–55.759)
Packing*	100	90

CI, confidence interval; IV, intravenous; OR, odds ratio.

^*OR not estimable; the 2 proportions (physician: 0.90, midlevel: 1.0) were not significantly different (P = 0.10; 95% CI, −0.137 to 0.058).