Table 2.

Participants' use of computers to manage clinical information by type of practice and year graduated.

	U.S.		Scandinavia
	n/N	%	n/N	%
Type of practice
Solo private	268/363	73.8	4/4	100.0
Group private	133/169	78.7	44/48	91.7*
HealthPartners	38/38	100	0/0	-
PDA	42/45	93.3	0/0	-
Other	16/34	47.1	25/28	89.3*
		P<0.001		ns
Year graduated
before 1980	140/203	69.0	15/16	93.8
1980–1989	168/217	77.4	24/26	92.3
1990–1999	117/146	80.1	9/9	100.0
2000 or later	72/83	86.8	25/29	86.2
		P=0.006		ns
Among solo practices year graduated
before 1980	75/117	64.1	2/2	100.0
1980–1989	107/144	74.3	2/2	100.0
1990–1999	64/78	82.1	0/0	-
2000 or later	22/24	91.7	0/0	-
		P=0.006		-
Among group practices year graduated
before 1980	43/58	74.1	7/8	87.5
1980–1989	29/33	87.9	15/16	93.8
1990–1999	36/45	80.0	5/5	100.0
2000 or later	25/33	75.8	17/19	89.5
		ns		ns

P - Chisq Test for within group comparisons; ns: not significant (P>0.05)

^*P<0.05 for differences between U.S. and Scandinavia