Breast cancer screening beliefs by practice location

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Table 3 Reported utilization of written breast cancer screening guidelines among primary care health professionals, 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%

*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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