Table 1.
Respondent Characteristics by Survey Year (%)
| 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondents (N = 565) | Nonrespondents (N = 610) | Respondents (N = 678) | Nonrespondents (N = 424) | Respondents (N = 626) | Nonrespondents (N = 404) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 45.3 | 56.9 | 46.0 | 52.4 | 48.3 | 51.7 |
| Female | 54.7* | 43.1 | 54.0* | 47.6 | 51.7 | 48.3 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Nonwhite | 51.0 | 53 | 56.9 | 55.4 | 60.6 | 65.1 |
| White | 49.0 | 47 | 43.1 | 44.6 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Job title | ||||||
| Nurse practitioners | 15.8* | 6.7 | 11.7* | 6.6 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| Physicians | 84.3 | 93.3 | 88.4 | 93.4 | 94.4 | 95.5 |
| Age | ||||||
| 25–39 | 36.0 | 35.1 | 38.1 | 30.3 | 39.5* | 29.5 |
| 40–49 | 32.5 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 35 | 33.8 | 37.9 |
| 50–59 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 23.9 | 26.7 | 21.8 | 25.7 |
| 60+ | 4.6 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 8 | 5.0 | 6.9 |
| No integrated EHR | 100.0 | 100 | 93.7 | 95.3 | 52.2 | 56.7 |
| Integrated EHR | 0.0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 43.3 |
Note.
A total of 262 clinicians completed the survey in all three waves of data collection (2005, 2006, and 2008), 609 completed at least two surveys, and 1,207 completed at least one survey. Clinicians who worked in facilities where both the inpatient and outpatient EHR components were implemented were defined as having an integrated EHR.
*
p < .05 compared respondent and nonrespondent characteristics each year and represents groups that were more likely to respond.