Table 5.

Importance of different e-health services in the choice of a doctor in the total population and among Internet users.

Doctors' facilities	Total sample (N = 7903)		Internet users (N = 4906)
	count	%	count	%
E-mail communication	2738	35	2228	45
E-mail prescriptions	1774	22	1380	28
Order/change appointments online	2658	34	2099	43
Doctor's office has website	3107	39	2343	48
Reminders via SMS	2744	35	1914	39
Access to own electronic patient record	2873	36	2175	44
Cost of services	4305	55	2654	54
Information on the doctors' practice	4424	56	2902	59
Recommendation by others	4852	61	3232	66
General accessibility	5867	74	3826	78

¹ Sample weighted for population size. Included in the table are those who answered 4 or 5 on a 5-point scale where 5 was very important