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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2020 Dec;58(12):1075–1081. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001413

Table 3:

Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) for associations between history of cancer with online medical record utilization among respondents ever offered online medical record access (n=1857)

Cancer Survivors
(N = 347)
No Cancer History
(N = 1510)
Model 1a Model 2b

Outcome N (%) c N (%) c OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Online Medical Records Access and Use Frequency

Frequency of Use in Last 12 Months
 ≥ 1 192 (58.60) 905 (58.53) 1.16 (0.71 – 1.89) 1.13 (0.69 – 1.86)
 None 145 (41.40) 587 (41.47) - -

Reasons for Not Using Online Medical Record

Prefer to Speak Directly to Provider
 Yes 115 (85.82) 431 (71.04) 1.98 (0.89 – 4.44) 2.24 (0.99 – 5.05)
 No 19 (14.18) 132 (28.96) - -
No online Access
 Yes 23 (12.74) 71 (9.34) 0.90 (0.41 – 1.98) 0.99 (0.42 – 2.30)
 No 110 (87.26) 491 (90.66) - -
No need
 Yes 77 (67.15) 345 (64.76) 1.04 (0.51 – 2.11) 1.02 (0.48 – 2.18)
 No 56 (32.85) 218 (35.24) - -
Concerned about Privacy
 Yes 19 (14.49) 91 (12.22) 1.01 (0.40 – 2.54) 1.13 (0.43 – 2.97)
 No 114 (85.51) 469 (77.12) - -

Reason Online Medical Record Was Utilized

Medication Refill
 Selected 83 (41.69) 357 (38.49) 0.99 (0.61 – 1.62) 1.02 (0.63 – 1.65)
 Not Selected 112 (58.31) 534 (61.51) - -
Paperwork
 Selected 82 (45.79) 356 (43.63) 1.25 (0.74 – 2.09) 1.30 (0.78 – 2.15)
 Not Selected 115 (54.21) 531 (56.37) - -
To Request Correction
 Yes 20 (9.98) 60 (6.24) 1.55 (0.56 – 4.30) 1.62 (0.62 – 4.23)
 No 176 (90.02) 826 (93.76) - -
Messaging HCP
 Yes 98 (46.61) 438 (52.97) 0.73 (0.46 – 1.15) 0.77 (0.49 – 1.23)
 No 100 (53.39) 451 (47.03) - -
Downloading Records
 Yes 53 (24.01) 240 (25.50) 0.95 (0.56 – 1.62) 1.04 (0.62 – 1.75)
 No 144 (75.99) 652 (74.50) - -
Adding Info
 Yes 55 (27.92) 210 (23.01) 1.45 (0.89 – 2.37) 1.42 (0.87 – 2.33)
 No 142 (72.08) 678 (76.99) - -
Making Decision
 Yes 53 (27.15) 219 (23.52) 1.33 (0.81 – 2.18) 1.39 (0.86 – 2.26)
 No 145 (72.85) 670 (76.48) - -

Usefulness

How Useful is Medical Record?
 Very & Somewhat 159 (81.65) 735 (82.76) 0.97 (0.43 – 2.22) 0.95 (0.42 – 2.17)
 Not Very/Not At All/Don’t Use 35 (18.35) 149 (17.24) - -
a

Model adjusted for age

b

Model adjusted for age, race, and gender

c

Presented as column total and weighted percentage

( - ) Represents referent outcome. No cancer history group is referent for odds ratio exposure.

Sub-groups may not sum to total respondents due to missing or invalid responses.