Table 4. Adjusted Associations between American Board of Family Medicine Recertification Examination Score and Result Stratified by Urban and Rural Status with and without Scope of Practice for Primary Care (SP4PC) Scale
UrbanRural
Linear Regression: Examination Score Beta Estimate of Change in Examination ScoreLogistic Regression: Passing Examination OR of Passing (95% CI)Linear Regression: Examination Score Beta Estimate of Change in Examination ScoreLogistic Regression: Passing Examination OR of Passing (95% CI)
Without SP4PCWith SP4PCWithout SP4PCWith SP4PCWithout SP4PCWith SP4PCWithout SP4PCWith SP4PC
SP4PC5.6*1.08 (1.06–1.11)3.2*1.11 (1.07–1.16)
Female−10.8*−9.1*0.78 (0.68–0.90)0.79 (0.69–0.91)−3.0−1.70.99 (0.70–1.14)1.04 (0.73–1.48)
Age−1.0*−1.0*0.95 (0.95–0.96)0.95 (0.95–0.96)−1.0−0.80.97 (0.95–0.99)0.97 (0.96–0.99)
Degree (DO)−57.2*−55.1*0.39 (0.32–0.49)0.40 (0.32–0.50)−58.5*−57.7*0.39 (0.25–0.61)0.40 (0.26–0.63)
International medical school graduates−71.5*−67.2*0.31 (0.27–0.36)0.32 (0.27–0.37)−69.9*−66.8*0.25 (0.17–0.37)0.27 (0.18–0.39)
Medical school faculty19.5*11.5*1.48 (1.26–1.75)1.35 (1.14–1.61)5.7−0.51.25 (0.85–1.83)1.02 (0.68–1.51)
Hold other American Board of Medical Specialties certification−2.19.11.28 (0.87–1.89)1.47 (0.98–2.21)−18.2−13.20.64 (0.23–1.78)0.71 (0.25–1.99)
Practice organization
GroupReferenceReferenceReferenceReferenceReferenceReferenceReferenceReference
Solo−41.7*−37.1*0.45 (0.98–0.54)0.47 (0.40–0.57)−37.5*−33.8*0.68 (0.44–1.05)0.77 (0.50–1.19)
Other4.6*13.3*1.11 (0.95–1.28)1.31 (1.12–1.52)0.55.21.18 (0.84–1.64)1.41 (0.99–1.99)
  • * Beta estimate significantly different than zero at P < .05.

  • OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; DO, doctor of osteopathic medicine.