Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of adults asked about portal interest during admissions to an urban academic safety-net hospital between September 2015 and September 2017.
| Patient Characteristics (N=16,507) | Statistics | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 53.06 (19.17) | |
| Women, n (%) | 6960 (42.16) | |
| Self-reported race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||
| White | 4362 (26.43) | |
| Hispanic | 4625 (28.02) | |
| African American/black | 3063 (18.56) | |
| Asian | 3147 (19.06) | |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 222 (1.34) | |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 120 (0.73) | |
| Other/mixed | 967 (5.86) | |
| Primary language, n (%) | ||
| English | 8361 (50.65) | |
| Spanish | 1761 (10.67) | |
| Cantonese, Mandarin, or Toishanese | 892 (5.40) | |
| Other Asian languages, n (%) | 208 (1.26) | |
| Other, n (%) | 5285 (32.02) | |
| Insurance, n (%) | ||
| Medicaid or county health plan for uninsureda | 8278 (50.15) | |
| Medicare | 5010 (30.35) | |
| Commercial insurance | 1300 (7.88) | |
| Other insurance | 1919 (11.63) | |
| Homeless status | ||
| Yesb, n (%) | 2339 (14.17) | |
| No, n (%) | 12478 (75.59) | |
| Unknown, n (%) | 1690 (10.24) | |
| Admissions, mean (range) | 1.4 (1-33) | |
aThese health care access programs (administered by the county Medicaid managed care organization) provide medical services for uninsured county residents (aged 18-64 years) or adults who provide county-supported in-home support services.
bPatients reported yes during at least one admission.