Table 1.

Physicians' Use of E-mail with Patients (N = 249)

Characteristic	n (%)*	Physicians Who Use E-mail with Patients, n (%)	E-mails per Month, Mean†
Gender
Female	93 (37)	63 (68)	8.4
Male	153 (61)	112 (73)	7.4
Age, y
30–40	80 (32)	58 (73)	6.8
41–50	103 (41)	73 (71)	7.3
51–60	42 (17)	31 (74)	9.2
>60	18 (7)	10 (56)	7.4
Practice location
University hospital–based clinics	131 (53)	107 (82)	9.8
County hospital–based clinics	71 (29)	47 (66)‡	5.4§
Community-based primary care clinics	47 (19)	24 (51)|	2.8¶

^*Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding and missing responses.

^†Mean e-mails received from patients per month among physicians who reported using e-mail with patients.

^‡P = .014 compared to university hospital–based clinics.

^§P = .023 compared to university hospital–based clinics.

^|P = .001 compared to hospital-based clinics combined.

^¶P < .001 compared to hospital-based clinics combined.