Table 1.
Participant characteristics (N=524).a
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Overall (N=524) |
eMRb users (n=417) |
Non-users (n=107) |
P value | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 51.11 (11.8) | 48.44 (10.6) | 61.72 (10.2) | <.001 | |
| Gender | |||||
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Male | 421 (80.3) | 333 (79.9) | 88 (82.2) | .013 |
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Female | 94 (17.9) | 80 (19.2) | 14 (13.1) |
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| Practice experience in years | |||||
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Male, practice experience 0-20 yrs | 125 (24.3) | 119 (28.5) | 6 (5.6) | <.001 |
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Male, practice experience >20 yrs | 294 (57.2) | 213 (51.1) | 81 (75.7) |
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Female, practice experience 0-20 yrs | 33 (6.4) | 32 (7.7) | 1 (0.1) | .024 |
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Female, practice experience >20 yrs | 60 (11.7) | 48 (11.5) | 12 (11.2) |
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| Practice Setting: Health Maintenance Organization | 444 (84.7) | 347 (83.2) | 97 (90.7) | <.001 | |
| Type of practice | |||||
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Solo | 379 (72.3) | 283 (67.9) | 96 (89.7) | <.001 |
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With partners | 130 (24.8) | 126 (30.2) | 4 (3.7) |
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| Training status | |||||
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None | 150 (28.6) | 111 (26.6) | 39 (36.4) | .105 |
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Current or completed Basic training | 29 (5.5) | 25 (6.0) | 4 (3.7) |
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Current or completed higher training | 24 (4.6) | 22 (5.3) | 2 (1.9) |
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Academy Fellow | 318 (60.7) | 257 (61.6) | 61 (57.0) |
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| Specialty | |||||
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Emergency medicine | 3 (0.6) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | .617 |
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Community Medicine | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) |
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Otorhinolaryngology | 9 (1.7) | 7 (1.7) | 2 (1.9) |
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Family Medicine (specialist) | 73 (13.9) | 61 (14.6) | 12 (11.2) |
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General Practice (non-specialist) | 145 (27.7) | 111 (26.6) | 34 (31.8) |
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 37 (7.1) | 28 (6.7) | 9 (8.4) |
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Anaesthesiology | 4 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (1.9) |
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Ophthalmology | 19 (3.6) | 19 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) |
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General Medicine | 68 (13.0) | 53 (12.7) | 15 (14.0) |
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Orthopedics | 31 (5.9) | 23 (5.5) | 8 (7.5) |
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Pediatrics | 39 (7.4) | 34 (8.2) | 5 (4.7) |
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Psychiatry | 9 (1.7) | 7 (1.7) | 2 (1.9) |
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Radiology | 8 (1.5) | 8 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) |
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Surgery | 67 (12.8) | 55 (13.2) | 12 (11.2) |
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aSome figures did not add up to 100% due to missing values for some variables.
beMR: electronic medical record