Table 2.

Receipt of EPT among interviewed gonorrhea cases by board opinions: SSuN sites without law authorizing EPT for gonorrhea

Policy variables	Bivariate Analyses
	Unweighted N	Weighted % (SE)	P value
All 7 sites (n=1363)
State medical board opinion+			<.01
Yes, prohibits	0	0
Yes, permits	448	24.4% (10.1)*
No	915	1.1% (0.4)*
Other non-medical board opinion†			<.01
Yes, prohibits	115	3.8% (0.8)
Yes, permits	448	24.4% (10.1)*
No	800	1.0% (0.4)*
6 sites without a state-wide effort to promote EPT (n=1124)
State medical board opinion†			<.01
Yes, prohibits	0	0
Yes, permits	209	4.5% (0.5)
No	915	1.1% (0.4)*
Other non-medical board opinion†			<.01
Yes, prohibits	115	3.8% (0.8)
Yes, permits	209	4.5% (0.5)
No	800	1.0% (0.4)*

^†Board rulings defined as “prohibit” did not refer directly to EPT.

^*Estimate is unstable: relative standard error is > 30%.