Table 3.
Characteristics of clinicians associated with having had a clinic visit recorded for a patient’s personal use in the past and willingness to have a clinic visit recorded for a patient’s personal use.
| Factors | History of recording clinic visit for patient, ORa (95% CI) | Willingness to record clinic visit in the future, OR (95% CI) | |
| Gender (reference: female) | 0.99 (0.58-1.75) | 0.77 (0.44-1.30) | |
| Years in practice (5 year increments) | 1.03 (0.82-1.29) | 0.83 (0.66-1.04) | |
| Setting (reference: ½ inpatient, ½ outpatient) | |||
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Mostly inpatient | 0.84 (0.38-1.78) | 1.21 (0.57-2.64) |
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Mostly outpatient | 0.83 (0.46-1.49) | 0.76 (0.43-1.34) |
| Location (reference: urban) | 1.25 (0.48-2.99) | 0.66 (0.29-1.50) | |
| Specialty (reference: general or family practice) | |||
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Emergency medicine | 1.72 (0.58-5.37) | 2.10 (0.85-5.31) |
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General surgery | 2.85 (0.97-9.00) | 1.75 (0.67-4.64) |
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Internal medicine | 1.12 (0.34-3.68) | 1.65 (0.67-4.14) |
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Obstetrician-gynecologist | 2.25 (0.81-6.68) | 1.88 (0.80-4.52) |
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Oncology | 5.11 (1.93-14.90) | 2.90 (1.19-7.35) |
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Orthopedic surgery | 1.37 (0.41-4.66) | 1.10 (0.41-2.95) |
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Physical rehabilitation | 3.91 (1.43-11.63) | 2.90 (1.16-7.59) |
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Psychiatry | 1.69 (0.59-5.09) | 2.75 (1.14-6.84) |
aOR: odds ratio.