Table 2.
Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Prescribing Indicators by Provider Comfort Level.
| Not Comfortable |
Comfortable |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Row % | n | Row % | n | Column % | |
| Total (81) | 20 | 25 | 61 | 75 | 81 | 100 |
| Practice typea (P = .0003) | ||||||
| Family/internal medicine | 6 | 15 | 33 | 85 | 39 | 48 |
| HIV/infectious disease specialist | 3 | 12 | 22 | 88 | 25 | 31 |
| Pediatrician/adolescent medicine | 7 | 78 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 |
| Women’s health | 3 | 60 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 6 |
| Other | 1 | 33 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 4 |
| Number of HIV patients evera (P = .0003) | ||||||
| 1-50 | 16 | 44 | 18 | 56 | 34 | 42 |
| ≥50 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 91 | 47 | 58 |
| Provider initiated PrEP discussiona (P < .0001) | ||||||
| No | 9 | 69 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 16 |
| Yes | 11 | 16 | 57 | 84 | 68 | 84 |
| Ever prescribed PrEPa (P < .0001) (n = 77) | ||||||
| I have prescribed and/or currently prescribe PrEP for HIV prevention | 4 | 7 | 55 | 93 | 59 | 77 |
| I refer patients to other providers who prescribe PrEP | 5 | 56 | 4 | 44 | 9 | 12 |
| I will not prescribe PrEP to my patients | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| With more education and training, I would prescribe PrEP | 6 | 75 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 10 |
| Number of PrEP prescriptionsa (P < .0001) | ||||||
| 0 | 14 | 74 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 23 |
| 1-5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 80 | 20 | 25 |
| 6-20 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 93 | 29 | 36 |
| >20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 100 | 13 | 16 |
a
Chi-square P value <.05.