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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2013 Mar 19;81(6):10.1016/j.urology.2013.01.051. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.01.051

Table 2.

Multivariable regression models evaluating the association of market characteristics with offering laser prostatectomy or TURP, respectively

Variables Offering Laser
Offering TURP
OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI) P Value
Per year 1.49 (1.35–1.64) <.001 0.83 (0.75–0.93) .001
Per 1-point increase in socioeconomic summary score 1.21 (1.08–1.35) .001 0.89 (0.81–0.98) .015
Per 10 years of age 2.01 (1.25–3.24) .004 12.33 (4.75–32.01) <.001
African American* 0.97 (0.94–1.01) .153 0.93 (0.90–0.96) <.001
Hispanic* 1.04 (1.01–1.07) .009 1.02 (0.98–1.05) .391
Number of urologists per 100,000 population 1.18 (0.96–1.45) .111 1.85 (1.47–2.34) <.001
Number of surgical procedures per 100,000 population 1.01 (1.00–1.02) .034 1.01 (1.00–1.02) .072
Medicare* 1.00 (0.99–1.01) .502 1.00 (0.99–1.02) .562
Medicaid* 1.02 (0.96–1.08) .624 1.12 (0.97–1.29) .119

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; other abbreviation as in Table 1.

*

Per each 1% increase in proportion.