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

Table 3 Regression analysis for Box-Cox transformed knowledge of hepatitis C virus natural history

Variable	Level	Estimation	SD	P value
Intercept		-24.90	1.39	0.001
Knowledge of HCV treatment		5.93	0.10	0.001
Gender	Male	Reference level
	Female	0.04	0.54	0.94
Primary practice location	Erie county medical center	Reference level
	Buffalo general medical center	0.54	0.77	0.49
	Others	-0.58	0.61	0.35
At least one HCV patient in past 2 yr	Yes	Reference level
	No/not Sure	-0.54	0.65	0.41
Level of training	Resident PGY 1	Reference level
	Resident PGY 2	-0.98	0.83	0.24
	Resident PGY 3 and above	0.06	0.78	0.94
Awareness of age-based rule for screening	Yes	Reference level
	No	-0.92	0.65	0.17
Implementation of age-based rule for screening	Yes	Reference level
	No	-0.07	0.65	0.91

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