Table 3.

Differences in the Clinical Preventive Services Provided to Hypothetical Patients According to Oral Contraception Pelvic Examination Requirements (n=1,136)

	Adolescent Patient Pelvic Examination Always Required for Oral Contraception		Young Adult Patient Pelvic Examination Always Required for Oral Contraception
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Clinician would provide for this patient
Chlamydia test	93.7	96.5*	85.0	90.7†
Gonorrhea test	89.7	92.2	82.4	85.3
Human papillomavirus test	58.2	47.8‡	60.0	48.8‡
Pap test	90.5	74.2§	92.1	93.0

Data are %.

Adolescent patient: age 16, nulliparous, unmarried, sexual partner of 6 months (age 22), sometimes uses condoms.

Young adult patient: age 24, nulliparous, unmarried, reason for visit contraception, new sexual partner.

Design-based Pearson χ² test:

^*P<.1;

^†P<.05;

^‡P<.01;

^§P<.001.