Table 2.
Experience of obtaining medical information with a legacy system (n=1000).
| Survey question and response options | Value, n (%) | |
| 1. Reasons for requiring medical information from hospitalsa | ||
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No experience | 358 (34.3) |
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For submission to insurance companies | 513(49.2) |
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For submission to company or school | 71 (6.8) |
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For personal storage | 17 (1.6) |
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Deliver to family or carers | 50 (4.8) |
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Other | 34 (3.3) |
| 2. How convenient did you feel the process was for requesting medical information before? | ||
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Inconvenient | 395 (39.5) |
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Mediocre | 395 (39.5) |
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Convenient | 142 (14.2) |
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No response | 68 (6.8) |
| 3. Have the absence of any of the following kinds of medical information caused you inconvenience when visiting a hospital?a | ||
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Diagnosis and test results | 526 (33.7) |
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Medication information in progress (name, capacity, etc) | 455 (29.2) |
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Types of tests carried out | 416 (26.7) |
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The name of the hospital visited, or the department of medicine | 71 (4.6) |
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Other | 91 (5.8) |
| 4. What are your reasons for wanting to get personal medical information?a | ||
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I want to know all the information related to my health. | 685 (28.8) |
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I want to have it at all times in case of an emergency. | 561 (23.6) |
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I think it's my obvious right. | 346 (14.5) |
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I want to show it to another hospital or another doctor. | 295 (12.4) |
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I want to show it to my family and my carer. | 250 (10.5) |
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I want to know my health condition in detail through an internet search or community, etc. | 222 (9.3) |
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I don't want to collect more detailed medical information than I have now. | 16 (0.7) |
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Other | 6 (0.2) |
aThe respondent could select multiple responses.