Table 2.
Percentage of practices using e-health, by e-health application (mean ± standard deviation), n = 735 (July 2020).
| E-Health Application | Solo Practice (n = 149) |
Duo Practice (n = 304) |
Group Practice (n = 282) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-consultation | 83% ± 0.381 | 83% ± 0.380 | 83% ± 0.373 | 0.964 |
| Online ordering of repeat prescriptions | 81% ± 0.392 | 87% ± 0.331 | 88% ± 0.330 | 0.134 |
| Video consultation | 44% ± 0.498 | 51% ± 0.501 | 56% ± 0.498 | 0.058 |
| Teleconsultation | 51% ± 0.502 | 67% ± 0.417 | 70% ± 0.460 | 0.000 * |
| Telemonitoring | 8% ± 0.273 | 12% ± 0.324 | 13% ± 0.338 | 0.289 |
| Other | 7% ± 0.262 | 5% ± 0.217 | 10% ± 0.295 | 0.095 |
| None | 5% ± 0.212 | 1% ± 0.099 | 1% ± 0.118 | 0.019 * |
One-way ANOVA was used to test differences in the mean use of specific e-health applications between the three practice types. * Indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the mean values of the three practice types.