Table 5
Correlation Coefficients of Barriers (Incentives/Catalysts) and Their Canonical Variables
| A | Canonical variates of barriers | B | Canonical variates of incentives/catalysts | ||
| Barriers | B1 | B2 | Incentives/catalysts | I1 | I2 |
| 1. Confidentiality breach | 0.18 | –0.29 | 1. Competitive pressures | –0.09 | 0.18 |
| 2. Capital costs | 0.69 | 0.35 | 2. Financial incentives | 0.76 | 0.53 |
| 3. Interference with communication | –0.24 | –0.53 | 3. Government regulation | –0.48 | 0.36 |
| 4. Knowledge gap | –0.10 | 0.22 | 4. Improved efficiency | 0.17 | –0.41 |
| 5. Lack of benefits | –0.74 | 0.43 | 5. Improved quality care | 0.15 | –0.84 |
| 6. Lack of technical support | –0.01 | –0.08 | 6. Patient demand | –0.29 | –0.17 |
| 7. Maintenance costs | 0.44 | 0.01 | 7. Increased savings | –0.32 | 0.28 |
| 8. Intellectual property regulations | –0.09 | 0.36 | |||
| 9. Time costs | –0.24 | –0.37 | |||
| C | Canonical variates of incentives/catalysts | |
| Barriers | I1 | I2 |
| 1. Confidentiality breach | 0.05 | –0.05 |
| 2. Capital cost | 0.19 | 0.06 |
| 3. Interference with communication | –0.06 | –0.10 |
| 4. Knowledge gap | –0.03 | 0.04 |
| 5. Lack of benefits | –0.20 | 0.08 |
| 6. Lack of technical support | –0.004 | –0.01 |
| 7. Maintenance costs | 0.12 | 0.002 |
| 8. Intellectual property regulations | –0.02 | 0.07 |
| 9. Time costs | –0.07 | –0.07 |
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Note: (B1, I1) and (B2, I2) are canonical pairs that were found to be statistically significant and demonstrated a satisfactory degree of correlation, where B1 = –0.76b1 – 0.52b2 – 1.02b3 – 0.92b4 – 1.44b5 – 0.89b6 – 0.57b7 – 0.64b8 – 1.12b9, I1 = 0.33i1 + 1.09i2 – 0.25i3 + 0.37i4 + 0.43i5 + 0.17i6 (sample canonical correlation = 0.27, p < 0.001); and B2 = –6.20b1 – 5.92b2 – 6.45b3 – 6.07b4 – 4.86b5 – 5.49b6 – 5.30b7 – 3.27b8 – 5.72b9, I2 = –0.20i1 + 0.01i2 – 0.15i3 – 0.50i4 – 0.96i5 – 0.45i6 (sample canonical correlation = 0.18, p = 0.04).
