Table 1.
Primary Care Clinician, Specialist, Patient, and Utilization Characteristics of the Champlain BASE eConsult Service
| Characteristics | Distribution |
|---|---|
| Primary care clinicians (n = 1,020) | |
| Type, No. (%) | |
| Nurse practitioner | 160 (16) |
| Family physician | 860 (84) |
| Sex, female, No. (%) | 701 (69) |
| Practice location, rural | 107 (69) |
| Specialists (n=106) | |
| Sex, female, No. (%) | 47 (44) |
| Patients (n=14,105) | |
| Age group, No. (%) | |
| <18 y | 2,249 (16) |
| 18–64 y | 8,824 (63) |
| ≥65 y | 3,032 (21) |
| Sex, female, No. (%) | 8,750 (62) |
| Response time | |
| eConsult creation to specialist response, median (75th percentile), h | 20.75 (80.98) |
| eConsult creation to primary care clinician close out, median (75th percentile), d | 5.09 (10.98) |
| Self-reported specialist response time, No. (%) (n=14,105) | |
| <10 min | 6,796 (48) |
| 10–15 min | 4,566 (32) |
| 15–20 min | 2,127 (15) |
| >20 min | 616 (4) |
BASE = Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation.