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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Dec 31;23(1):70–77. doi: 10.1111/acem.12835

Table 4.

Single variable models of patient and provider variable association with adherence, over-testing, under-testing, and agreement.

Variables P value Adherence OR* (95% CI) P value Over-Testing OR (95% CI) P value Under-Testing OR (95% CI) P value Agreement OR (95% CI)
Patient Variable

Age 0.12 ____ 0.038 0.95 (0.90-0.99) 0.18 ____ 0.007 1.06 (1.01-1.10)
Race 0.32 ____ 0.099 1.99 (0.88-4.51) 0.52 ____ 0.49 ____
Sex 0.37 ____ 0.31 ____ ____ ____ 0.73 ____
Insurance 0.94 ____ 0.95 ____ ____ ____ 0.84 ____
Inpatient/outpatient preference 0.31 ____ 0.096 2.2 (0.95-5.1) 0.72 ____ 0.84 ____

Provider Variable

Age (per 1 year increase) 0.12 ____ 0.0002 1.99 (1.07-1.11) 0.17 ____ 0.22 ____
Race ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Sex 0.10 ____ 0.16 ____ 0.89 ____ 0.96 ____
Years since residency 0.16 ____ 0.022 0.49 0.12 ____
 0-5 vs. >10 0.0003 0.28 (0.14-0.56)
 6-10 vs. >10 0.0006 0.12 (0.04-0.40)
Number of shifts/month 0.87 ____ 0.21 0.078 0.14 (0.02-1.11) 0.75 ____
RTS 0.25 ____ 0.04 1.31 (1.01-1.27) 0.66 ____ 0.43 ____
SUS (per 5 unit increase) 0.017 0.79 (0.64-0.96) 0.57 ____ 0.21 ____ 0.74 ____
MFS 0.60 ____ 0.72 ____ 0.68 ____ 0.56 ____
The HEART Pathway is helpful 0.40 ____ 0.74 ____ 0.064 0.45 (0.19-1.05) 0.89 ____
I intend to follow the HEART Pathway 0.087 1.51 (0.94-2.42) 0.34 ____ 0.15 ____ 0.06 1.57 (0.96-2.54)
*

Odds Ratios reported for p-values <0.10.

only 1 provider was non-white.

RTS = risk-taking scale; MFS = malpractice fear scale; SUS = stress from uncertainty scale; HEART = history, electrocardiogram, age, risk factors, troponin