Table 1.

Provider, Utilization, and Patient Characteristics for eConsults Submitted for Older Persons, All Other Patients, and All eConsults Completed Between April 15, 2011, and July 31, 2015.

	Patients aged 65+ (n = 1,796)	Patients under the age of 65 (n = 6,649)	All patients (n = 8,445)
Provider and utilization characteristics
Provider type
Family doctor	91.7%	86.3%	87.5%
Nurse practitioner	8.3%	13.7%	12.5%
Practice location
Urban	85.6%	87.4%	87%
Rural	14.4%	12.6%	13%
Specialist time to complete
Fewer than 10 min	51.6%	52.0%	51.9%
10-15 min	30.5%	30.9%	30.8%
15-20 min	14.1%	13.6%	13.7%
20+ min	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
Patient characteristics
Gender
Male	38.2%	37.7%	37.8%
Female	61.8%	62.3%	62.2%