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Table 3 Quantile regression estimates of the impact of EHR on the physician’s number of patients per week (N = 1,470)

From: National estimates of the impact of electronic health records on the workload of primary care physicians

Variables

At mean volume

20 visits

64 visits

120 visits

Basic EHR

-0.027 (0.055)

-0.040 (0.160)

-0.072 (0.052)

-0.053 (0.068)

Young physician

0.072 (0.066)

0.303*** (0.109)

0.038 (0.066)

-0.125* (0.074)

Older physician

-0.206*** (0.063)

-0.212 (0.214)

-0.208** (0.088)

-0.158** (0.067)

Basic EHR * Young physician

-0.185 (0.135)

-0.212 (0.309)

-0.094 (0.132)

-0.136 (0.140)

Basic EHR * Older physician

0.403** (0.163)

0.363 (0.452)

0.331** (0.154)

0.390* (0.218)

N = 1,470

    
  1. Note: Physician-level data. Standard errors are in parentheses. Coefficients on other covariates are available upon request. Number of patients (volume) is logged
  2. ***p value < .01
  3. **p value < .05
  4. *p value < .1