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

Table 5 Regression analysis for implementation of birth cohort screening recommendations

Variable	Level	Estimate	SD	P value
Intercept		-4.48	2.19	0.04
Knowledge of HCV treatment		-0.02	0.11	0.86
Knowledge of HCV natural history		0.27	0.08	0.002
Gender	Male	Reference level
	Female	-0.94	0.68	0.17
Primary practice location	Erie county medical center	Reference level
	Buffalo general medical center	0.77	0.81	0.34
	Others	-0.36	0.72	0.62
At least one HCV patient in past 2 yr	Yes	Reference level
	No/not sure	2.43	0.90	0.001
Level of training	Resident PGY1	Reference level
	Resident PGY2	1.57	1.18	0.19
	Resident PGY3 or above	1.62	1.15	0.16
Awareness of age-based rule for screening	Yes	Reference level
	No	-2.32	0.88	0.01

The table illustrates those factors significantly associated with implementation of birth cohort screening recommendations. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; PGY: Post-graduate year.