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. 2021 Jan 30;35:106806. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106806

Table 5.

Summary Data for Patient Population That Had Any Laboratory Tests Performed in 2018

Active Patient Portal Account
Number of Unique Patients Total At Least One Report Viewed No Report Viewed Inactive Patient Portal Account Activation Significance1 Viewed vs. Not Viewed Significance2
Overall 28420 45.6% 19.7% 25.9% 54.4% N/A N/A
Female 15221 51.3% 23.1% 28.2% 48.7% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Male 13199 38.9% 15.8% 23.1% 61.1%
No outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 8125 29.9% 11.2% 18.7% 70.2% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 20295 51.9% 23.1% 28.8% 48.2%
Only one inpatient admission in 2018 21456 45.3% 17.8% 27.5% 54.7% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Two or more admissions in 2018 6981 49.4% 24.3% 25.1% 50.6%
Only lab tests done in 2018 16877 47.5% 19.4% 28.1% 52.5% p < 0.0001 N.S.
p = 0.16
Both lab and imaging tests in 2018 11543 42.7% 20.1% 22.6% 57.3%
Primary language not English 768 24.6% 8.7% 15.9% 75.4% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Primary language English 27652 46.1% 20.0% 26.1% 53.9%
Public insurance/Uninsured 17403 36.1% 14.2% 21.9% 63.9% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Commercial insurance 11017 60.4% 28.2% 32.2% 39.6%
Self-declared race not White 3500 35.4% 14.3% 21.1% 64.6% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Self-declared race White 24920 46.9% 20.4% 26.5% 53.1%
No legal proxy for patient 27979 45.0% 19.3% 25.7% 55.0% p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Legal proxy for patient 441 74.6% 39.2% 35.4% 25.4%
1

Fisher exact t-test for number of patients with activated patient portal account compared to number of patients who have not activated patient portal accounts.

2

Fisher exact t-test for number of patients with viewed at least one report from diagnostic testing compared to number of patients who did not view any reports.