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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2017 Jun;55(6):590–597. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000715

TABLE 2.

Adjusted ORs for Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Testing During Visits for Screening-eligible Birth Cohort Members in Intervention Versus Control Sites (n = 25,620)

OR (95% CI) P
Study arm
 Control Ref.
 Intervention 8.99 (7.57–10.7) < 0.0001
Age (y)
 49–54 Ref.
 55–64 0.96 (0.85–1.07) 0.46
 ≥65 0.98 (0.84–1.14) 0.76
Patient sex, male 1.27 (1.15–1.41) < 0.0001
Race
 White, non-Hispanic Ref.
 Black, non-Hispanic 0.76 (0.64–0.91) 0.002
 Hispanic 0.81 (0.67–0.97) 0.02
 Other 0.79 (0.66–0.96) 0.02
Median income by zip code
 ≥$108,000 Ref.
 $93,000–$107,999 1.20 (1.02–1.41) 0.02
 $65,000–$92,999 1.54 (1.33–1.79) < 0.0001
 < $65,000 1.06 (0.89–1.26) 0.54
Insurance
 Private Ref.
 Medicare 0.65 (0.56–0.76) < 0.0001
 Medicaid/uninsured 0.53 (0.42–0.66) < 0.0001
Practice setting
 Hospital-faculty practice Ref.
 Hospital-clinic 0.51 (0.43–0.61) < 0.0001
 Community-faculty practice 0.06 (0.05–0.07) < 0.0001
# EHR alerts presented to the physician
 1–2 Ref.
 3–5 1.36 (1.12–1.66) 0.002
 ≥6 1.12 (0.91–1.39) 0.29
# Diagnosis codes listed for the visit
 0–2 Ref.
 3–5 1.10 (0.96–1.26) 0.19
 6–8 1.01 (0.87–1.8) 0.90
 ≥9 1.00 (0.86–1.17) 0.97
# Blood tests ordered during visit*
 0 Ref.
 1–4 5.01 (4.19–5.99) < 0.0001
 ≥5 11.2 (9.42–13.3) < 0.0001
# Orders other than blood tests placed during visit Ref.
 0 1.77 (1.54–2.04)
 1–3 3.39 (2.87–4.00) < 0.0001
 ≥4 < 0.0001
Level of service coded for visit
 Established/low-moderate complexity Ref.
 Established/high complexity 1.45 (1.28–1.65) < 0.0001
 New/low-moderate complexity 1.98 (1.62–2.41) < 0.0001
 New/high complexity 1.81 (1.33–2.46) 0.0001
*

Excludes hepatitis C virus antibody and RNA testing.

Orders for referrals, procedures, medications, supplies, and any testing except blood testing.

CI indicates confidence interval; EHR, electronic health record; OR, odds ratios; Ref., reference.