Table 4
Attitudes toward Online Systems among Physician Offices
| Office Category | Current difficulty (n = 138) | interest (n = 136) | concerns (n = 134) |
| Overall | 4.4 (3.1–6.1) | 8.6 (7.0–9.7) | 7.8 (7.0–9.3) |
| Web access in office | |||
| Yes | 4.4 (3.1–6.6) | 8.9 (7.7–9.9) | 8.1 (7–9.2) |
| No | 4.0 (2.2–5.7) | 7.2 (6.3–8.9) | 7 (4.2–8.5) |
| p-value for yes versus no* | 0.32 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Practice management system | |||
| Yes | 4.4 (3.1–6.6) | 9.0 (8.2–9.9) | 8.5 (7–9.3) |
| No | 4.0 (2.7–5.7) | 7.9 (6.3–9.0) | 7 (5.5–8.5) |
| p-value for yes versus no* | 0.43 | 0.0006 | 0.002 |
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NOTE. Data are median scores with interquartile ranges (25th percentile to 75th percentile) for each attitudinal scale. Each scale had a total range from 1 to 10, with 1 representing the lowest level of difficulty, interest, or concerns.
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↵* Two-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test.
