| % | P- value* |
---|---|---|
All | 41.4 | Â |
Specialty |  | < 0.001†|
   Family medicine | 41.7 |  |
   Internal medicine | 31.9 |  |
   Cardiology | 49.4 |  |
Years in practice | Â | 0.02 |
   > 20 | 38.9 |  |
   10-19 | 49.7 |  |
   < 10 | 41.3 |  |
Sex | Â | 0.92 |
   Male | 41.6 |  |
   Female | 41.2 |  |
Region of country | Â | 0.48 |
   Northeast | 44.0 |  |
   Southeast | 42.0 |  |
   Midwest | 37.0 |  |
   West/West coast | 43.1 |  |
Time spent in Office based patient care |  | 0.002‡ |
   > 75% | 36.3 |  |
   51-74% | 50.8 |  |
   50% | 57.5 |  |
   25-49% | 43.7 |  |
   < 25% | 40 |  |
Office Setting | Â | 0.37 |
   Solo practice | 39.4 |  |
   Small group | 42.1 |  |
   Large Single Specialty | 44.2 |  |
   Large Multi-specialty | 33.1 |  |
   Academic Group | 45.9 |  |
   Other | 41.1 |  |
Use electronic medical records | Â | 0.71 |
   Yes | 40.9 |  |
   No | 42.2 |  |
Computers in Exam Rooms | Â | 0.67 |
   Yes | 42.0 |  |
   No | 40.6 |  |
Internet Connection available for computers in Exam Rooms | Â | 0.53 |
   Yes | 42.5 |  |
   No | 36.7 |  |
Use a PDA or smartphone when seeing patients | Â | 0.001 |
   Yes | 47.1 |  |
   No | 36.2 |  |