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J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:530-536 doi:10.1197/jamia.M1778
  • The Practice of Informatics

Effect of an Internet-Based System for Doctor-Patient Communication on Health Care Spending

Table 5

Results From Part 2 Models of Log (Spending) for Patient-Months with Any Spending

Regression Coefficient (SE) Coefficient p Value Predicted Level of Spending, Preservice Period Predicted Level of Spending, Service Period
All office spending −0.002 (0.018) 0.92 $138.60 $138.35
MD office spending −0.025 (0.018) 0.16 $132.91 $129.56
Laboratory spending −0.051 (0.068) 0.45 $40.98 $38.93
  • Coefficients shown in column 1 are from log-linear OLS models that also control for age, gender, three-digit zip code, month, and treatment group membership. The predicted level of spending applies to those who had any spending. Robust standard errors (SE) are in parentheses.

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