Score×gender interaction | Odds of prescribing an opioid for the 65 012 patients | MME opioid dose prescribed for the 9870 patients | ||
OR (95% CI) | P value | Estimate (95% CI) | P value | |
Clinical competence score | ||||
Male | 0.99 (0.92 to 1.07) | 0.7889 | 0.60 (−1.26 to 2.46) | 0.5272 |
Female | 0.84 (0.75 to 0.94) | 0.0019 | −1.37 (−3.94 to 1.20) | 0.2965 |
History and physical examination | ||||
Male | 0.99 (0.93 to 1.05) | 0.6600 | 0.50 (−1.28 to 2.29) | 0.5820 |
Female | 0.92 (0.84 to 1.00) | 0.0511 | −0.95 (−3.03 to 1.13) | 0.3724 |
Diagnosis and management | ||||
Male | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.03) | 0.5237 | 1.05 (0.01 to 2.09) | 0.0482 |
Female | 0.92 (0.86 to 0.98) | 0.0102 | −0.92 (−2.37 to 0.53) | 0.2120 |
Communication score | ||||
Male | 1.01 (0.96 to 1.07) | 0.6387 | 1.23 (−0.08 to 2.54) | 0.0651 |
Female | 0.90 (0.84 to 0.97) | 0.0062 | 0.69 (−1.11 to 2.49) | 0.4519 |
English proficiency | ||||
Male | 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) | 0.9340 | 0.43 (−0.43 to 1.29) | 0.3273 |
Female | 0.97 (0.93 to 1.01) | 0.1715 | 0.28 (−0.82 to 1.38) | 0.6216 |
Interpersonal skills | ||||
Male | 1.03 (0.97 to 1.08) | 0.3493 | 0.99 (−0.36 to 2.34) | 0.1523 |
Female | 0.91 (0.85 to 0.98) | 0.0123 | −0.10 (−1.84 to 1.65) | 0.9152 |
Models were adjusted for physician’s gender, citizenship, specialty, region of practice, age, prescribed physio-NSAID before opioid, score and patient confounder score.
P value for gender×clinical competence score interaction opioid prescription: 0.04; p value for gender×communication score opioid prescription: 0.009; p value for gender×diagnosis and management score and MME dose: 0.03.
NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.