Table 3.

Bivariate associations of physician characteristics and response^a

Physician characteristic	Screen baby boomers	Able to screen in >75 % clinic visits	Refer all HCV patients	SVR with current treatment ≥90 %	Comfortable treating patients without cirrhosis
Specialty
Internal medicine	72	33	67	46	15
Med/peds	83	50	100	17	0
Family medicine	91	17	94 P = 0.01	29	3
Years in practice
<10	86	38	92	34	7
11–20	84	22	80	31	13
>20	68	21	67	47	5
VA Affiliation
Yes	77	62	42	46	15
No	82	21 P = 0.006	89 P = 0.001	35	8
Cases of HCV diagnosed in last year
0	76	29	86	42	8
6–10	86	26	78	31	10

^aValues in table are percentages