Table 2.
Characteristics of Providers Likely to Offer Induction at 22 Weeks, Stratified by Patient Preference
| Resuscitation | Comfort Care/Palliation | Uncertain | ||||
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| N(%) | p | N(%) | p | N(%) | p | |
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| Age* | N/A | .010 | N/A | .008 | N/A | .005 |
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| # of Years Since Residency* | N/A | .003 | N/A | .011 | N/A | .004 |
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| Specialty | .749 | .440 | .825 | |||
| OB/GYN Generalist | 61 (92) | 76 (92) | 65 (93) | |||
| Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) | 4 (6) | 5 (6) | 4 (6) | |||
| Other | 1 (2) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1) | |||
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| Sex | .239 | .369 | .207 | |||
| Male | 20 (30) | 27 (33) | 21 (30) | |||
| Female | 46 (70) | 56 (67) | 49 (70) | |||
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| Race | .461 | .581 | .191 | |||
| White | 32 (49) | 42 (51) | 40 (57) | |||
| Black | 19 (29) | 23 (28) | 17 (24) | |||
| Asian | 11 (17) | 13 (16) | 0 (0) | |||
| Other | 3 (5) | 4 (5) | 10 (14) | |||
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| Practice Region | .114 | .046 | .006 | |||
| Northeast | 28 (42) | 34 (41) | 32 (46) | |||
| Southeast | 14 (21) | 16 (19) | 12 (17) | |||
| Midwest | 8 (12) | 11 (13) | 8 (11) | |||
| Southwest | 11 (17) | 15 (18) | 13 (19) | |||
| West | 5 (8) | 7 (8) | 5 (7) | |||
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| Practice Setting | .247 | .261 | .084 | |||
| Private Practice | 19 (30) | 29 (36) | 20 (30) | |||
| Health Maintenance Organization | 2 (3) | 5 (6) | 4 (6) | |||
| Hospital-owned Practice | 18 (28) | 19 (24) | 18 (27) | |||
| University-based | 22 (34) | 25 (31) | 24 (35) | |||
| Other | 3 (5) | 3 (4) | 2 (3) | |||
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| Religious Affiliation | .447 | .631 | .756 | |||
| Protestant | 24 (36) | 30 (37) | 22 (31) | |||
| Catholic | 14 (21) | 17 (21) | 13 (19) | |||
| Jewish | 10 (15) | 10 (12) | 12 (17) | |||
| Other | 11 (17) | 12 (15) | 11 (16) | |||
| None | 7 (11) | 13 (13) | 12 (17) | |||
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| Religious Service Attendance | .364 | .107 | .011 | |||
| Low Attenders | 34 (52) | 45 (55) | 42 (61) | |||
| High Attenders | 32 (49) | 37 (45) | 27 (39) | |||
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| Importance of Religion | .661 | .214 | .025 | |||
| Low Importance | 29 (44) | 36 (43) | 32 (46) | |||
| High Importance | 29 (44) | 35 (42) | 26 (37) | |||
| N/A. No religion. | 8 (12) | 12 (15) | 12 (17) | |||
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| Marital Status | .253 | .245 | .131 | |||
| Single, never married | 18 (27) | 21 (25) | 20 (29) | |||
| Married or partnered | 43 (65) | 58 (70) | 44 (63) | |||
| Divorced or separated | 5 (8) | 4 (5) | 5 (7) | |||
| Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |||
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| Parent | .050 | .025 | .005 | |||
| Yes | 42 (64) | 53 (64) | 42 (60) | |||
| No | 24 (36) | 30 (36) | 28 (40) | |||
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| Supervise Residents | .212 | .124 | .028 | |||
| Yes | 40 (62) | 51 (62) | 46 (67) | |||
| No | 25 (39) | 31 (38) | 23 (33) | |||
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| Institutional Viability Cutoff | .294 | .126 | .303 | |||
| 22 weeks or less | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| 23 weeks | 23 (36) | 30 (38) | 25 (37) | |||
| 24 weeks | 39 (61) | 47 (59) | 41 (60) | |||
| 25 weeks or more | 2 (3) | 3 (4) | 2 (3) | |||
*
Denotes continuous variable