The association between electronic health information usage and patient-centered communication: a cross sectional analysis from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Table 2 PCC and eHealth usage comparisons among participants of different race/ethnicities

	NHW	NHB	Hispanic/Latino	NHA	Others
Internet access --- yes (Wt%)	88.18	76.63	78.75	86.33	89.74
Usual sources of care --- yes (Wt%)	78.74	67.78	55.98	61.38	66.76
Private-eHealth user --- yes (Wt%)	46.34	35.39	33.56	49.18	41.30
Public-eHealth user --- yes (Wt%)	18.24	20.83	19.31	19.22	21.86
Individual perception of positive PCC --- (Wt%)	55.13	56.52	50.65	37.94	51.40

Note: Internet: p < 0.05 when NHB compared with NHW, NHA, and others; Usual source of care: p < 0.05 when Hispanic/Latino compared with NHW, NHB, and others; Private-eHealth: p < 0.05 when Hispanic/Latino were compared with NHW, and NHA; Public-eHealth: p > 0.05 when NHW compared with all other four groups; ideal PCC: p < 0.05 when NHA compared with all other groups

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