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Table 5 Sensitivity Analysis Associations between non-US citizen status (comparing permanent residents to US citizens and non-permanent residents to US citizens) and PA program matriculation by year

From: PA applicant U.S. citizenship status and likelihood of program matriculation

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted a

Year

Estimate

OR

95% CI

P

Estimate

OR

95% CI

P

2014

 Non-Permanent Resident

0.51

0.36

0.73

0.0002

0.55

0.36

0.82

0.0037

 Permanent Resident

0.59

0.49

0.71

<.0001

0.63

0.51

0.79

<.0001

2016

 Non-Permanent Resident

0.50

0.37

0.68

<.0001

0.53

0.37

0.77

0.0009

 Permanent Resident

0.62

0.52

0.73

<.0001

0.60

0.48

0.75

<.0001

2018

 Non-Permanent Resident

0.54

0.41

0.70

<.0001

0.71

0.51

0.99

0.042

 Permanent Resident

0.53

0.45

0.64

<.0001

0.59

0.47

0.74

<.0001

2020

 Non-Permanent Resident

0.44

0.32

0.60

<.0001

0.53

0.37

0.75

0.0004

 Permanent Resident

0.63

0.52

0.76

<.0001

0.76

0.61

0.95

0.0161

  1. CASPA Centralized application service for physician assistants, OR Odd ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. Adjusted for age at application submission, English as second language, binary gender, race/ethnicity, application number, hours of patient experience, and cumulative undergraduate total grade point average
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