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

Table 3 Association between PCC and eHealth usage

	Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% CI	P value
Public-eHealth usage
No Yes	Reference 0.84 [0.71, 0.99]	0.043
Private-eHealth usage
No Yes	Reference 1.17 [1.02, 1.35]	0.027
Usual source of Care
No Yes	Reference 1.36 [1.15, 1.59]	< 0.001
Internet access
No Yes	Reference 0.79 [0.65, 0.96]	0.019
Insurance coverage
No Yes	Reference 1.06 [0.75, 1.50]	0.750
Age
18–34 35–49 50–64 65–74 75+	Reference 0.89 [0.71, 1.11] 0.92 [0.75, 1.13] 1.09 [0.88, 1.36] 0.87 [0.67, 1.12]	0.312 0.418 0.434 0.271
Gender
Male Female	Reference 1.10 [0.96, 1.25]	0.158
Race/ethnicity
NHW NHB Hispanic/Latino NHA Others	Reference 1.17 [0.95, 1.44] 0.94 [0.77, 1.14] 0.55 [0.40, 0.75] 0.93 [0.65, 1.34]	0.144 0.502 < 0.001 0.700
Marital status
Single Married Others	Reference 1.03 [0.87, 1.23] 1.21 [0.99, 1.47]	0.710 0.058
Education level
Less than High school High school to some college College and above	Reference 1.12 [0.86, 1.47] 0.95 [0.71, 1.27]	0.392 0.707
Income level
<$20,000 $20,000–49,999 $50,000–99,999 ≥$100,000+	Reference 1.18 [0.96, 1.44] 1.13 [0.90, 1.40] 1.48 [1.17, 1.88]	0.115 0.288 0.001

Note: A multivariate logistic regression using imputed data with replicate weights was performed to determine the association between PCC and all variables. AOR with 95% CI and p value were reported in Table-3

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