Table 2.
Effect of demographic and practice characteristics on Alberta Netcare Portal (ANP) use as measured by the proportion of time spent.
| Demographic and practice characteristics | Sites A and B (n) | Sites C and D (n) | Relationship with observed ANP usage (P value) | |
| Age (in years) |
|
|
.68 | |
|
|
<30 | 2 | 3 | —a |
|
|
30-39 | 24 | 38 | — |
|
|
40-49 | 23 | 25 | — |
|
|
50-59 | 7 | 10 | — |
|
|
>60 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Sex |
|
|
.06 | |
|
|
Female | 13 | 17 | — |
|
|
Male | 49 | 63 | — |
| Credentials |
|
|
.06 | |
|
|
Medical Doctorate | 41 | 78 | — |
|
|
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada–Emergency Medicine | 27 | 44 | — |
|
|
American Board of Emergency Medicine | 4 | 5 | — |
|
|
Special Competence in Emergency Medicine | 28 | 29 | — |
|
|
Other (PhD) | 3 | 0 | — |
| Payment scheme |
|
|
.47 | |
|
|
Fee for service | 54 | 73 | — |
|
|
Salary | 7 | 9 | — |
|
|
Mixed-compensation model | 4 | 0 | — |
| Years in practice, mean (SD) | 13.3 (10) | 12.9 (9) | .29 | |
| Comfort with computersb, mean (SD) | 8.1 (1.6) | 8.3 (1.6) | .35 | |
| Comfort with electronic medical recordsb, mean (SD) | 7.9 (1.6) | 8.1 (1.7) | .93 | |
aNot applicable.
bLikert scale 0-10; 10=completely comfortable.