Table 3 The association of physician characteristics with the use of genetic testing for rare diseases stratified by region
Variables | Total | Central | Eastern | Western | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95%CI) | P value | OR (95%CI) | P value | OR (95%CI) | P value | OR (95%CI) | P value | |
Department | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
Surgical | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − |
Pediatrics | 13.36(11.54–15.45) | 12.46(9.87–15.74) | 16.68(12.67–21.97) | 11.46(8.84–14.85) | ||||
Non-surgical | 2.06(1.89–2.23) | 2.02(1.75–2.33) | 2.12(1.83–2.44) | 2.02(1.75–2.33) | ||||
Diagnosis-related | 1.74(1.42–2.14) | 2.47(1.74–3.52) | 1.68(1.19–2.37) | 1.15(0.78–1.7) | ||||
Title | 0.443 | 0.677 | 0.402 | 0.679 | ||||
Resident physician | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − |
Attending physician | 0.97(0.85–1.11) | 0.94(0.75–1.18) | 0.95(0.74–1.22) | 0.97(0.79–1.2) | ||||
Associate chief physician | 1.07(0.91–1.25) | 1.04(0.78–1.38) | 1.04(0.77–1.4) | 1.08(0.82–1.42) | ||||
Chief physician | 1.06(0.88–1.27) | 0.98(0.7–1.36) | 1.15(0.83–1.61) | 0.99(0.71–1.38) | ||||
Education | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
Bachelor’s degree or below | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − |
Master’s degree | 1.63(1.49–1.78) | 1.62(1.39–1.89) | 1.17(0.96–1.41) | 1.89(1.63–2.18) | ||||
Doctorate/postdoc | 3.14(2.83–3.48) | 3.35(2.78–4.03) | 2.21(1.81–2.69) | 3.41(2.8–4.16) | ||||
Length of service | 0.238 | 0.205 | 0.884 | 0.074 | ||||
≤ 5 | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − | 1.00 | − |
6–10 | 1.08(0.95–1.23) | 1.10(0.88–1.37) | 0.99(0.78–1.27) | 1.17(0.94–1.45) | ||||
11–20 | 1.03(0.89–1.19) | 0.92(0.71–1.17) | 0.99(0.75–1.29) | 1.22(0.95–1.58) | ||||
21–30 | 1.05(0.88–1.25) | 0.98(0.73–1.33) | 0.88(0.65–1.2) | 1.3(0.95–1.78) | ||||
>30 | 1.23(0.99–1.52) | 1.18(0.82–1.7) | 0.87(0.6–1.26) | 1.82(1.21–2.73) |