Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Variable | Patients that enrolled to portal (n=1755) | Patients that declined portal (n=1219) | P value | |||
| Enrolled with usage data | Enrolled without usage data | P value | ||||
| Number of unique patients, n (%) | 1619 (92.25) | 136 (7.74) | —c | 1219 (100.00) | — | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 56.84 (17.29) | 54.96 (19.00) | .35 | 61.21 (16.69) | <.001 | |
| Female, n (%) | 883 (54.54) | 81 (59.56) | .26 | 646 (52.99) | .30 | |
| Race, n (%) | ||||||
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White | 1256 (77.58) | 103 (75.74) | .58 | 948 (77.77) | .52 |
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Black or African American | 202 (12.48) | 16 (11.76) | — | 162 (13.29) | — |
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Asian | 28 (1.73) | 4 (2.94) | — | 23 (1.89) | — |
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Othera | 101 (6.24) | 8 (5.88) | — | 68 (5.58) | — |
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Unavailable | 21 (1.30) | 2 (1.47) | — | 10 (0.82) | — |
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Declined | 11 (0.68) | 3 (2.21) | — | 8 (0.66) | — |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
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Hispanic or Latino | 111 (6.86) | 8 (5.88) | .91 | 67 (5.50) | .34 |
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Non-Hispanic | 1461 (90.24) | 124 (91.18) | — | 1119 (91.80) | — |
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Unavailable | 47 (2.90) | 4 (2.94) | — | 32 (2.71) | — |
| Primary language, n (%) | ||||||
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English | 1525 (94.19) | 128 (94.12) | .95 | 1158 (95.00) | .16 |
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Spanish | 26 (1.61) | 2 (1.47) | — | 10 (0.82) | — |
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Other | 22 (1.36) | 2 (1.47) | — | 11 (0.90) | — |
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Unavailable | 46 (2.84) | 4 (2.94) | — | 40 (3.28) | — |
| Charlson score, mean (SD) | 2.39 (2.80) | 2.26 (2.66) | .76 | 3.23 (3.02) | <.001 | |
| Insurance, n (%) | ||||||
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Private | 777 (47.99) | 73 (53.68) | .63 | 498 (40.85) | <.001 |
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Medicaid | 161 (9.94) | 9 (6.62) | — | 106 (8.70) | — |
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Medicare | 626 (38.67) | 49 (36.03) | — | 572 (46.92) | — |
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Self-pay | 36 (2.22) | 3 (2.21) | — | 27 (2.21) | — |
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Other | 19 (1.17) | 2 (1.47) | — | 16 (1.31) | — |
| Median income by zip code, mean (SD) | 71,165.68 (26,541.36) | 72,658.02 (28,874.67) | .56 | 72,054.16 (27,478.91) | .44 | |
| Patient Gateway users, n (%) | 286 (17.67) | 32 (23.53) | .09 | 168 (13.78) | .002 | |
| Length of stayb, mean (SD) | 8.85 (8.99) | 5.83 (5.83) | <.001 | 8.61 (8.44) | .63 | |
aIncludes Hispanic or Latino as a race choice.
bFirst admission to time of first enrollment or decline.
cNo data.