Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study providers according to screening interval recommendations with the co-test ^a among 82 providers at Federally Qualified Health Centers, Illinois, 2009–2010.

		Sample description		Recommended screening interval for patient aged 35 years with normal co-test this visit
1 year		3 years		p-Value
Col %	N	Row %	N	Row %	N
Primary specialty	Family medicine	35%	29	76%	22	24%	7	0.382
OB–GYN/women's health	56%	46	63%	29	37%	17
Other	9%	7	86%	6	14%	1
Total	100%	82	70%	57	30%	25
Type of provider	Physician	67%	55	71%	39	29%	16	0.442
NP	21%	17	59%	10	41%	7
Other	12%	10	80%	8	20%	2
Total	100%	82	70%	57	30%	25
Provider is OB/GYN physician	Other	55%	45	73%	33	27%	12	0.179
OB/GYN MD	45%	37	65%	24	35%	13
Total	100%	82	70%	57	30%	25
Gender	Male	26%	21	71%	15	29%	6	0.822
Female	74%	61	69%	42	31%	19
Total	100%	82	70%	57	30%	25
Years providing care (mean, sd)		8.9 (9.9)		9.33 (10.5)		7.8 (8.5)		0.513
Years providing clinical care, 4 categories	1–4	46%	38	68%	26	32%	12	0.836
5–9	22%	18	61%	11	39%	7
10–15	12%	10	80%	8	20%	2
16 +	20%	16	75%	12	25%	4
Total	100%	82	70%	57	30%	25

Significance of associations with categorical variables was tested with design-adjusted Pearson chi-square.

Significance of the association with the count variable, number of years providing care, was tested with negative binomial regression.

All tests adjusted for the clustered sampling design.

^aCo-test (simultaneous Pap and human papillomavirus test).