Table 1. Provider differences.
Pertussis vaccine is part of standard of care§§ | Usefulness of pertussis information targeted toward providers from state health department§§ | Usefulness of pertussis information targeted toward providers from local health department §§ | Perceived ability to adapt to new law and guidelines regarding pertussis vaccine administration | |||||
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Yes (n = 531) (weighted %) |
P | Very useful/ useful (crude %) | P | Very useful/ useful (crude %) | P | Not Easy/ Difficult (crude %) | P | |
Provider type | <0.001 | 0.222 | 0.070 | 0.034 | ||||
Non-traditional | 39.36 | 74.37 | 77.39 | 34.00 | ||||
Under 25 | 36.78 | 85.37 | 83.79 | 18.52 | ||||
Pharmacy | 52.59 | 72.80 | 60.90 | 30.41 | ||||
Government | 72.34 | 88.89 | 71.43 | 51.85 | ||||
Hospital | 74.21 | 100.00 | 69.32 | 60.74 | ||||
Family practice | 71.68 | 82.66 | 82.77 | 24.30 | ||||
Women's health | 42.17 | 86.81 | 87.71 | 39.78 | ||||
Correctional facilities *§§ | 0.00 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.00 | ||||
Weighted total | 54.26% | 82.34% | 80.74% |
Provider types with less than 10 providers were not included to preserve anonymity. P-values ≤ 0.05 statistically significant are bolded. §§Removed Corrections and Hospitals from the analysis to run the Chi-square statistic except with perceived adaptability.