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J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:91-95 doi:10.1197/jamia.M1833
  • Original Investigation

Who Uses the Patient Internet Portal? The PatientSite Experience

Table 2

Demographic, Clinical, and Administrative Characteristics of PatientSite Enrollees and Nonenrollees, March 2004

Enrollee (n = 100) Nonuser (n = 100) p-Value*
Age, yr (range) 42.9 (20–81) 52.9 (21–92) < 0.001
Male gender 33% 44% 0.110
White race 80% 54% < 0.001
Insurance < 0.001
    Medicare 2% 21%
    Medicaid 2% 8%
    Uninsured 1% 7%
Mean no. of medical problems 2.9 7.4 < 0.001
Mean no. of prescription meds 2.8 7.2 < 0.001
Mean no. of office visits in past year 4.7 8.1 0.002
Mean no. of hospitalizations in past year 0.4 1.5 < 0.001
  • * Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous and χ2 test for categorical variables.

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