Table 2.
Weighted mean health care quality ratings by electronic medical record status
| Mean rating of health care quality on a 100 point scale (higher score = greater quality)
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| Provider uses EMR (N=6,511)
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Provider does not use EMR (N=879)
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t-test | P-value | |||
| N | Mean (SE) | N | Mean (SE) | |||
| Overall | 6,511 | 80.92 (0.47) | 879 | 73.64 (1.57) | 4.59 | 0.0000* |
| Health insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 5,107 | 81.59 (0.47) | 480 | 75.37 (1.92) | 3.16 | 0.0021* |
| No | 456 | 75.49 (1.74) | 79 | 68.18 (4.02) | 1.72 | 0.0893 |
| Regular provider | ||||||
| Yes | 4,392 | 82.85 (0.49) | 359 | 80.21 (1.68) | 1.56 | 0.1223 |
| No | 1,159 | 75.17 (1.26) | 194 | 65.81 (2.90) | 3.05 | 0.0030* |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | 2,760 | 80.15 (0.59) | 268 | 74.50 (2.15) | 2.57 | 0.0118* |
| Not employed | 2,624 | 81.92 (0.80) | 280 | 73.09 (2.09) | 3.9 | 0.0002* |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 3,417 | 81.08 (0.60) | 316 | 74.24 (1.65) | 4.09 | 0.0001* |
| Male | 2,071 | 80.87 (0.75) | 232 | 73.42 (2.56) | 2.83 | 0.0056* |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–34 | 768 | 78.98 (1.34) | 87 | 72.23 (3.89) | 1.65 | 0.1025* |
| 35–49 | 1,243 | 79.36 (0.72) | 132 | 72.66 (2.88) | 2.30 | 0.0234* |
| 50–64 | 1,899 | 81.84 (0.64) | 190 | 74.36 (2.00) | 3.68 | 0.0004* |
| 65–74 | 902 | 85.07 (0.76) | 78 | 80.05 (3.60) | 1.35 | 0.1800 |
| ≥75 | 685 | 84.49 (0.89) | 63 | 73.65 (3.94) | 2.69 | 0.0084* |
| Income | ||||||
| <$20,000 | 1,157 | 76.98 (1.44) | 160 | 70.23 (3.02) | 2.03 | 0.0453* |
| $20,000 to <$35,000 | 861 | 79.86 (1.26) | 91 | 68.82 (3.37) | 3.32 | 0.0013* |
| $35,000 to <$50,000 | 820 | 82.05 (1.10) | 68 | 74.13 (3,29) | 2.27 | 0.0253* |
| $50,000 to <$75,000 | 903 | 82.69 (0.82) | 106 | 76.17 (3.41) | 1.88 | 0.0625 |
| $75,000 to <$100,000 | 690 | 81.85 (0.95) | 50 | 78.55 (3.06) | 0.99 | 0.3244 |
| $100,000 or more | 1,046 | 83.64 (0.87) | 72 | 78.64 (4.21) | 1.17 | 0.2433 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 604 | 78.70 (1.95) | 103 | 68.11 (2.09) | 4.27 | 0.0000* |
| NH White | 3,515 | 81.66 (0.58) | 263 | 78.24 (1.94) | 1.77 | 0.0799 |
| NH Black | 767 | 78.19 (1.08) | 109 | 69.89 (5.79) | 1.38 | 0.1709 |
| NH Other | 319 | 83.18 (1.82) | 43 | 64.04 (5.39) | 3.35 | 0.0012* |
| Missing | 391 | 79.10 (1.81) | 46 | 73.57 (4.93) | 1.02 | 0.3110 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 467 | 78.66 (1.47) | 91 | 68.02 (3.35) | 3.08 | 0.0026* |
| High school graduate | 1,104 | 81.67 (0.93) | 131 | 73.02 (3.27) | 2.50 | 0.0139* |
| Some college | 1,664 | 81.42 (0.92) | 138 | 74.94 (3.11) | 1.99 | 0.0496* |
| College graduate | 2,264 | 80.83 (0.65) | 191 | 78.23 (1.81) | 1.37 | 0.1734 |
Note:
*
Significant P-value.
Abbreviations: EMR, electronic medical record; NH, non-Hispanic; SE, standard error.