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Table 3 Reported utilization of written breast cancer screening guidelines among primary care health professionals, by practice location.

From: Breast cancer screening beliefs by practice location

Geographic Category N % Using written guidelines Crude OR 95% CI Adjusted OR* 95% CI
Rural 98 74.5% 1.0   1.0  
Suburban 79 62.0% 0.56 0.29–1.06 0.51 0.26–0.98
Urban 251 62.9% 0.58 0.34–0.98 0.56 0.33–0.97
TOTAL 428 65.4%     
  1. *Adjusted for age and clinical groups (MD, NP, PA). When the suburban group was compared to urban group using the suburban group as the referent the crude OR = 1.04 (95% CI 0.61–1.75); adjusted* OR = 1.14 (95% CI 0.66–1.95); n = 325.
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