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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 May 3;87(1):164–173.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.04.030

Table 3.

Effects of patient characteristics on quality measurements.

Quality Measure Covariates Odds Ratio Standard Error Lower Confidence Limit Upper Confidence Limit P Value
Endoscopy is performed for an appropriate indication (QM1) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.05 0.01 1.03 1.07 < 0.01
Female 0.95 0.03 0.89 1.01 0.12
White vs Other 1.11 0.04 1.03 1.19 0.01
Pre-procedure history and directed physical examination are performed and documented (QM3) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.09 0.03 1.04 1.14 < 0.01
Female 0.79 0.06 0.67 0.93 < 0.01
White vs Other 0.83 0.08 0.69 0.99 0.04
Risk for adverse events is assessed and documented before sedation is started (QM4) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.03 0.01 1.01 1.06 0.01
Female 0.98 0.04 0.90 1.06 0.59
White vs Other 1.00 0.05 0.91 1.10 0.99
Deep cannulation of the ducts of interest is documented (QM6) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.07 0.07 0.93 1.22 0.34
Female 1.73 0.44 1.05 2.83 0.03
White vs Other 0.90 0.26 0.51 1.58 0.72
Pancreatic cannulation when not an intended target (QM8) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.00 0.02 0.96 1.05 0.82
Female 1.53 0.13 1.30 1.80 0.00
White vs Other 0.78 0.07 0.66 0.92 0.00
Pancreatic injection when not an intended target (QM9) 10-Year Increase in Age 0.98 0.02 0.94 1.03 0.48
Female 1.51 0.14 1.26 1.82 0.00
White vs Other 0.77 0.08 0.63 0.93 0.01
Pancreatic stent placement if pancreatic duct cannulated (QM10) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.05 0.04 0.96 1.13 0.29
Female 1.15 0.21 0.81 1.63 0.44
White vs Other 1.04 0.19 0.73 1.49 0.82
QM10 with addition of indomethacin use 10-Year Increase in Age 1.00 0.04 0.92 1.08 0.93
Female 1.12 0.19 0.81 1.55 0.49
White vs Other 1.12 0.19 0.80 1.57 0.51
Precut sphincterotomy for cannulation (QM11) 10-Year Increase in Age 1.21 0.03 1.16 1.27 0.00
Female 0.98 0.08 0.84 1.15 0.79
White vs Other 1.01 0.10 0.84 1.22 0.88