. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 19.

Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2013 May;40(5):349–351. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182853c61

TABLE 1.

Ever Provided EPT Among Physicians Who Diagnosed at Least 1 Chlamydial or Gonoccocal Infection in the Past 12 mo by State EPT Legal Category

STD	Legal Category in 2008	Using EPT, n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P
Gonorrhea	Prohibited	415/949 (44)	Referent	—
	Potentially allowable	735/1632 (45)	1.05 (0.90–1.24)	0.520
	Permitted	479/936 (51)	1.35 (1.12–1.62)	0.001
Chlamydial infection	Prohibited	455/946 (48)	Referent	—
	Potentially allowable	812/1627 (50)	1.08 (0.92–1.26)	0.376
	Permitted	539/939 (57)	1.45 (1.21–1.74)	<0.001