Table 4.

Proportion of physicians willing to pay a monthly fee for health information exchange according to health information exchange attitudes (N=1043)

Benefit	Perceived effect	Willing to pay an unspecified fee (%)	Willing to pay $150/month (%)
Reducing healthcare costs*	Negative	28	18
	Positive	68	47
Improving quality of patient care†	Negative	13	12
	Positive	62	43
Saving time for clinicians*	Negative	27	19
	Positive	65	46

^*p<0.001 for difference in willingness to pay among respondents with negative and positive perceptions at both fee levels using Pearson's χ².

^†p<0.001 for difference in willingness to pay among respondents with negative and positive perceptions at the unspecified fee level, and p=0.017 at the $150/month fee level using Pearson's χ².