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. 2022 May 20;10(5):e32168. doi: 10.2196/32168

Table 4.

The impact of provider use of Joint Longitudinal Viewer during outpatient primary care visits on provider ordering of duplicate images (Stage 2 full output).a

Duplicate imaging (second stage) Odds ratio (95% CI) P value
Joint Longitudinal Viewer encounter 0.08 (0.01-0.81) .03
Anscombe residual 3.16 (1.29-7.79) .01
Provider characteristics

Provider history of ordering imaging studies (quartiles)


1 Refb Ref


2 0.83 (0.23-3.07) .78


3 3.11 (1.18-8.22) .02


4 3.93 (1.42-10.94) .009

Provider type


Physician Ref Ref


Physician assistant/Nurse practitioner 1.24 (0.61-2.51) .56
Patient characteristics

Gender


Female Ref Ref


Male 1.49 (0.72-3.08) .28

Age (years)


<30 Ref Ref


30-39 2.28 (0.98-5.34) .06


40-49 0.87 (0.32-2.42) .79


≥50 1.50 (0.38-5.93) .57

Race


White Ref Ref


Black or African American 1.03 (0.48-2.18) .95


Other 1.57 (0.65-3.80) .32

Elixhauser comorbidity score


0 Ref Ref


1 0.43 (0.20-0.91) .03


2 0.43 (0.15-1.21) .11


3 and above 0.16 (0.04-0.57) .005

Fiscal month


1 Ref Ref


2 1.41 (0.00-602.30) .91


3 1.31 (0.00-542.59) .93


4 1.43 (0.00-639.45) .91


5 0.75 (0.00-290.28) .93


6 1.10 (0.00-523.39) .98


7 3.15 (0.01-1539.80) .72


8 1.77 (0.01-819.76) .86


9 4.11 (0.01-1699.58) .65


10 4.41 (0.01-2011.70) .64


11 1.96 (0.01-762.17) .83


12 5.02 (0.01-2177.41) .60
Consc 0.05 (0.00-22.75) .34

aAverage incremental effects are estimated from the 2-stage residual inclusion logistic regression controlling for all variables shown in the table.

bRef indicates baseline in the analysis.

cCons: Constant term in the regression.