Table 2.
Characteristics of respondents who were aware/unaware of the after-visit summary (AVS).
| Characteristics | Aware of AVS n=4109 |
Unaware of AVS n=1169 |
P |
| Gender (female), n (%) | 2521 (61.35) | 748 (63.99) | .10 |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 56.4 (14.0) | 57.1 (13.7) | .16 |
| Race (white), n (%) | 3722 (90.58) | 1073 (91.79) | .21 |
| Education (≥4-year college degree), n (%) | 2461/3644 (67.54) | 795/1001 (79.42) | .001 |
| Income (≥US$75,000),a n (%) | 2036/3255 (62.55) | 570/858 (66.4) | .04 |
| Marital status (married or unmarried couple), n (%) | 2452/3618 (67.78) | 674/995 (67.7) | .98 |
| Health status (very good or excellent),b n (%) | 1873/3665 (51.11) | 508/1003 (50.65) | .80 |
| Selected problems on problem list,c mean (SD) | 2.1 (1.2) | 2.2 (1.2) | .36 |
| Years with patient portal account, mean (SD) | 3.4 (3.3) | 4.0 (3.4) | .001 |
| Sessions with patient portal, mean (SD) | 101.8 (185.4) | 97.4 (128.6) | .44 |
| Messages sent via patient portal, mean (SD) | 7.5 (19.7) | 8.5 (20.9) | .14 |
| Satisfaction with patient portal (excellent),d n (%) | 1654/3653 (45.28) | 299/993 (30.1) | .001 |
a In total household income from all sources before taxes.
b Rating of overall health was captured as excellent (5), very good (4), good (3), fair (2), or poor (1).
c The selected problems included hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, cancer (any), coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and depression.
d Satisfaction with patient portal was captured as excellent (5), very good (4), good (3), fair (2), or poor (1).