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. 2010 Jun 15;12(2):e20. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1281

Table 3 .

Importance of eHealth services when choosing a new doctor in 2007 and changes from 2005 to 2007

2007 Change From 2005 to 2007
General Population Health-related Internet Users General Population Health-related Internet Users
Frequency Mean % (CI)a Frequency Mean % (CI)a Mean % (CI)a Mean % (CI)a
The possibility of requesting or renewing prescriptions 1996 1379
28.4 (27.4 - 29.4) 37.3 (35.7 - 38.8) +2.6 (1.2 - 4.0) +1.0 (-1.3 to 3.3)
The possibility of scheduling or changing an appointment 2690 1886
38.3 (37.2 - 39.4) 52.0 (50.4 - 53.6) +3.2 (1.8 - 4.7) +1.3 (-1.1 to 3.7)
The possibility of communicating by email 2644 1858
37.7 (36.6 - 38.7) 51.4 (49.8 - 53.1) +3.2 (1.7 - 4.7) -0.5 (-2.9 to 2.0)
All three services 1237 933
17.6 (16.7 - 18.5) 25.2 (23.8 - 26.6) +1.3 (0.1 - 2.5) +0.2 (-1.9 to 2.2)
At least one service 3702 2482
52.7 (51.6 - 53.8) 68.6 (67.1 - 70.1) +4.6 (3.0 - 6.1) +0.2 (-2.1 to 2.4)

a 95% confidence intervals (CI); differences appear in italics when significantly different from 0 at the 5% level