Physician attitudes toward health information exchange: results of a statewide survey

Table 4

Proportion of physicians willing to pay a monthly fee for health information exchange according to health information exchange attitudes (N=1043)

Benefit	Perceived effect	Willing to pay an unspecified fee (%)	Willing to pay $150/month (%)
Reducing healthcare costs^*	Negative	28	18
Reducing healthcare costs^*	Positive	68	47
Improving quality of patient care^†	Negative	13	12
Improving quality of patient care^†	Positive	62	43
Saving time for clinicians^*	Negative	27	19
Saving time for clinicians^*	Positive	65	46

↵* p<0.001 for difference in willingness to pay among respondents with negative and positive perceptions at both fee levels using Pearson's χ².
↵† p<0.001 for difference in willingness to pay among respondents with negative and positive perceptions at the unspecified fee level, and p=0.017 at the $150/month fee level using Pearson's χ².

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