Table 2.
Provider Patient Portal Attitudes
| Provider Characteristics | Total | (Very) Concerned About Carving Out Time |
(Very) Concerned About Reimbursement |
Patient Portal Will Strengthen Patient-Provider Relationship |
(Very) Likely to Encourage Patient Adoption of Patient Portal |
Patient Portal Will Improve Patient Satisfaction |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | P-value | % (n) | P-value | % (n) | P-value | % (n) | P-value | % (n) | P-value | |
| All | 100 (59) | 85 (50) | 64 (38) | 37 (22) | 39 (23) | 73 (43) | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||
| ≤40 | 34 (20) | 80 (16) | .763 | 70 (14) | .785 | 40 (8) | .865 | 35 (7) | .251 | 75 (15) | .636 |
| >40 | 54 (32) | 88 (28) | 63 (20) | 38 (12) | 47 (15) | 69 (22) | |||||
| No answer | 12 (7) | 86 (6) | 57 (4) | 29 (2) | 14 (1) | 86 (6) | |||||
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Male | 34 (20) | 95 (19) | .117 | 70 (14) | .521 | 35 (7) | .795 | 55 (11) | .071 | 75 (15) | .793 |
| Female | 66 (39) | 79 (31) | 62 (24) | 38 (15) | 31 (12) | 72 (28) | |||||
| Primary Language | |||||||||||
| English | 80 (47) | 85 (40) | .879 | 68 (32) | .243 | 34 (16) | .308 | 45 (21) | .076 | 70 (33) | .362 |
| Spanish or other | 20 (12) | 83 (10) | 50 (6) | 50 (6) | 17 (2) | 83 (10) | |||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 34 (20) | 90 (18) | .637 | 60 (12) | .686 | 20 (4) | .091 | 35 (7) | .629 | 75 (15) | .786 |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 64 (38) | 82 (31) | 66 (25) | 47 (18) | 42 (16) | 71 (27) | |||||
| No answer | 2 (1) | 100 (1) | 100 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 100 (1) | |||||
| Professional Designation | |||||||||||
| Physician | 78 (46) | 87 (40) | .374 | 65 (30) | .807 | 39 (18) | .582 | 35 (16) | .213 | 72 (33) | .710 |
| Midlevel provider | 22 (13) | 77 (10) | 62 (8) | 31 (4) | 54 (7) | 77 (10) | |||||