Hepatitis C virus knowledge improves hepatitis C virus screening practices among primary care physicians

Table 4 Regression analysis for Box-Cox transformed knowledge of hepatitis C virus treatment

Variable	Level	Estimation	SD	P value
Intercept		11.98	2.12	0.001
Knowledge of HCV natural history	score < 6	Reference level
	6 ≤ score < 15	-0.68	1.38	0.62
	15 ≤ score	-2.42	1.64	0.14
Gender	Male	Reference level
	Female	0.31	0.86	0.72
Primary practice location	Erie county medical center	Reference level
	Buffalo general medical center	0.27	1.20	0.82
	Others	-1.44	0.95	0.13
At least one HCV patient in past 2 yr	Yes	Reference level
	No/not sure	0.88	1.02	0.39
Level of training	Resident PGY 1	Reference level
	Resident PGY 2	1.51	1.30	0.25
	Resident PGY 3 and above	1.76	1.25	0.16
Awareness of age-based rule for screening	Yes	Reference level
	No	-2.21	1.00	0.03
Implementation of age-based rule for screening	Yes	Reference level
	No	1.01	1.01	0.32

The table illustrates those factors significantly associated with knowledge of HCV treatment. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; PGY: Post-graduate year.