EXHIBIT 4.
Association between hours spent on various activities and physician characteristics
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| Characteristic | Coefficient | SE | 95% CI | Coefficient | SE | 95% CI |
| Years using EHR | −0.02 | 0.02 | −0.05, 0.02 | −0.04**** | 0.01 | −0.07, −0.02 |
| Average patient score on Charlson Comorbidity Index | −0.42 | 0.35 | −1.11, 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.30 | −0.43, 0.74 |
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| PORTION OF TIME IN THE CLINIC (PERCENTAGE OF FULL-TIME-EQUIVALENT) (REF: 75% OR MORE) | ||||||
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| 50% or less FTE | −0.51**** | 0.14 | −0.78, −0.25 | −0.49**** | 0.09 | −0.67, −0.31 |
| Greater than 50% and less than 75% | −0.10 | 0.12 | −0.34, 0.13 | −0.21** | 0.09 | −0.39, −0.02 |
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| Male | 0.07 | 0.14 | −0.21, 0.35 | −0.20** | 0.09 | −0.39, −0.02 |
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| Asian | 0.16 | 0.13 | −0.10, 0.41 | −0.03 | 0.09 | −0.21, 0.15 |
| Other | 0.91** | 0.39 | 0.14, 1.69 | −0.25 | 0.28 | −0.80, 0.30 |
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| SPECIALTY (REF: INTERNAL MEDICINE) | ||||||
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| Family medicine | −0.20 | 0.17 | −0.54, 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.14 | −0.25, 0.32 |
| Pediatrics | −0.81*** | 0.27 | −1.34, −0.29 | −0.45** | 0.22 | −0.88, −0.02 |
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| NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE RECOGNITION (REF: LEVEL 3) | ||||||
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| Level 2 | −0.17 | 0.16 | −0.49, 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.12 | −0.20, 0.27 |
| Did not apply | −0.44** | 0.17 | −0.77, −0.10 | 0.25* | 0.14 | −0.03, 0.53 |
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| YEAR (REF: 2011) | ||||||
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| 2012 | −0.11** | 0.04 | −0.19, −0.02 | 0.15**** | 0.03 | 0.09, 0.21 |
| 2013 | −0.16** | 0.06 | −0.28, −0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | −0.08, 0.11 |
| 2014 | −0.10 | 0.08 | −0.25, 0.06 | 0.34**** | 0.06 | 0.22, 0.47 |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from access logs embedded in the electronic health records of 471 physicians. NOTES The exhibit shows regression results at the provider-day level. National Committee for Quality Assurance recognition is explained in the Exhibit 3 Notes. SE is standard error. CI is confidence interval. EHR is electronic health record.
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