Table 4.

Multinomial logistic regression model of covariates predicting practitioner HPV vaccine recommendation profiles.

	Ambivalent Recommenders	Protocol Followers
	OR (95% CI)*	OR (95% CI)*	Engagers (reference)	p-value
Practitioner age	1.0 (0.9, 1.02)	1.0 (0.9, 1.02)	1.0	.71
Practitioner gender (female)	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	0.6 (0.3, 1.02)	1.0	.13
Practitioner race/ethnicity (Caucasian)	0.64 (0.3, 1.4)	0.4 (0.2, 0.8)	1.0	.05
Suburban location	2.2 (1.1, 4.1)	0.9 (0.4, 2)	1.0	.03
Rural location	1.5 (0.6, 3.2)	1 (0.3, 1.4)	1.0	.20
Located in CDC disparity state**	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	1.1 (0.6, 2)	1.0	.27
See >25% Medicaid patients	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	3.1 (1.4, 6.9)	1.0	p < .001
Report financial barriers in practice	1.2 (0.5, 2.5)	1.5 (0.6, 3.6)	1.0	.67

*CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio

**CDC designates a US state that has less than 60% of adolescents vaccinated for HPV as a disparity state. Twenty-three states are currently designated as a disparity state.¹⁷