Table 5

Results of univariate logistic regressions on type of trigger response

Term	A	B	OR*	Prob >P²
Moderately significant terms are in bold.
*Odds ratios >1 indicate that physicians in group A were more likely to request an ethics consultation for conflict or distress reasons.
†Physicians in the 10–19 year group were excluded from this analysis.
Gender	Male	Female	1.45	0.306
Years in practice†	20 or more	Less than 10	1	0.997
Race/ethnicity	White	Other	0.49	0.08
Community size (within 20 miles)	>500 000	≤500 000	0.55	0.056
Additional degrees	Yes	No	0.88	0.746
Country of birth	USA	Other	1.3	0.412
Training in USA	All of it	Not all of it	1.74	0.119
Practice type	Solo/group practice	University/military/Hospital/resident	0.98	0.953
Medical school faculty	Yes	No	1.23	0.501
% reimbursement from managed care	>30%	≤30%	1.3	0.428
Private or public hospital	Private	Public	0.93	0.815
Profit or non-for-profit	Profit	Not-for-profit	0.99	0.982
Teaching center affiliated	Yes	No	0.89	0.723
Patient beds	>300	<300	1.23	0.517
Bioethics rounds attended	6 or more	5 or less	0.57	0.093
Attended bioethics conference	Yes	No	0.91	0.77
Ever member of bioethics committee	Yes	No	0.97	0.931
Ties with current members of ethics committee	Yes	No	1	0.997
Recent situation included end-of-life issues	Yes	No	0.92	0.828