Table 1:
Characteristics of MedlinePlus Connect (MPC) users and nonusers
| Characteristic | Total | Portal users | MPC users as % of portal users | MPC non-users as % of portal users | P | MPC users as % of all patients in category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Column %) | (Row %) | (Row %) | (Row %) | (Row %) | |||
| N | 129,738 (100) | 30692 (23.7) | 12877 (42.0) | 17815 (58.0) | 12877 (9.9%) | ||
| Age | 18-24 | 24051 (18.5) | 6195 (25.8) | 2436 (39.3) | 3759 (60.7) | <. 001 | 10.1% |
| 25-44 | 56414 (43.5) | 15702 (27.8) | 6608 (42.1) | 9094 (57.9) | 11.7% | ||
| 45-64 | 38921 (30.0) | 7526 (19.3) | 3338 (44.4) | 4188 (55.7) | 8.6% | ||
| 65+ | 10352 (8.0) | 1269 (12.3) | 495 (39.0) | 774 (61.0) | 4.8% | ||
| Gender | Women | 78698 (60.7) | 20708 (26.3) | 9034 (43.6) | 11674 (56.4) | <. 001 | 11.5% |
| Men | 51035 (39.3) | 9984 (19.6) | 3843 (38.5) | 6141 (61.5) | 7.5% | ||
| Race | Black | 29774 (23.0) | 6752 (22.7) | 2910 (43.1) | 3842 (56.9) | <. 001 | 9.8% |
| White | 46417 (35.8) | 11670 (25.1) | 4701 (40.3) | 6969 (59.7) | 10.1% | ||
| All other | 33224 (25.6) | 7926 (23.9) | 3426 (43.2) | 4500 (56.8) | 10.3% | ||
| Unknown | 20323 (15.7) | 4344 (21.4) | 1840 (42.4) | 2504 (57.6) | 9.1% | ||
| Ethnicity by language preference | Latino, prefers Spanish | 10080 (7.8) | 1125 (11.2) | 363 (32.3) | 762 (67.7) | <.001 | 3.6% |
| Latino, not prefer Spanish | 25002 (19.3) | 7116 (28.5) | 3213 (45.2) | 3903 (54.9) | 12.9% | ||
| Not Latino | 79141 (61.0) | 19517 (24.7) | 8084 (41.4) | 11433 (58.6) | 10.2% | ||
| Unknown | 15515 (12.0) | 2934 (18.9) | 1217 (41.5) | 1717 (58.5) | 7.8% | ||
| Insurance | Private | 38885 (30.0) | 13035 (33.5) | 5567 (42.7) | 7468 (57.3) | <. 001 | 14.3% |
| Medicaid | 39706 (30.6) | 9083 (22.9) | 3959 (43.6) | 5124 (56.4) | 10.0% | ||
| Uninsured | 28695 (22.1) | 4395 (15.3) | 1572 (35.8) | 2823 (64.2) | 5.5% | ||
| Medicare | 15478 (11.9) | 2266 (14.6) | 976 (43.1) | 1290 (56.9) | 6.3% | ||
| Unknown | 2474 (1.9) | 427 (17.3) | 174 (40.8) | 253 (59.3) | 7.0% | ||
| Other public or dual | 4500 (3.5) | 1486 (33.0) | 629 (42.3) | 857 (57.7) | 14.0% | ||
| Encounters | >3 | 68850 (53.1) | 21522(31 3) | 10182 (47.3) | 11340 (52.7) | <. 001 | 14.8% |
| Chronic conditions | 1 or more | 67815 (52.3) | 17745 (26.2) | 8439 (47.6) | 9306 (52.4) | <. 001 | 12.4% |
| Region | Hudson Valley | 38016 (29.3) | 5344 (14.1) | 2272 (42.5) | 3072 (57.5) | .60 | 6.0% |
| Bronx | 24631 (19.0) | 6486 (26.3) | 2729 (42.1) | 3757 (57.9) | 11.1% | ||
| Manhattan | 67090 (51.7) | 18862 (28.1) | 7876 (41.8) | 10986 (58.2) | 11.7% | ||
| Workload of “preferred” provider | < 794 patients a year | 32190 (24.8) | 6613 (20.5) | 2679 (40.5) | 3934 (59.5) | <.001 | 8.3% |
| 794 – 1715 | 32276 (24.9) | 8419 (26.1) | 3540 (42.1) | 4879 (58.0) | 11.0% | ||
| 1716 – 2714 | 32130 (24.8) | 7856 (24.5) | 3472 (44.2) | 4384 (55.8) | 10.8% | ||
| 2715 or more | 33142 (25.6) | 7804 (23.6) | 3186 (40.8) | 4618 (59.2) | 9.6% | ||