Table 6 Multivariate linear regression analysis of predictors associated with the physicians’ assessment of the benefits of telemedicine and with the proportion of patient contact through telemedicine services
Physicians’ assessment of the benefits of telemedicine (model 3) | Proportion of patient contact (model 4) | Proportion of patient contact (model 5) | ||||
Number of obs. | 1446 | 1026 | 1025 | |||
F (11) | 8.03 | 8.05 | 13.14 | |||
Prob > F | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
adj. R-squared | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.12 | |||
Multivariable Coef. (95% CI) | p value | Multivariable Coef. (95% CI) | p value | Multivariable Coef. (95% CI) | p value | |
Speciality (Reference: General medicine) | ||||||
Cardiology | −0.12 (−0.33–0.10) | 0.30 | −0.76 (−1.21−−0.32) | 0.00** | −0.77 (−1.21−−0.34) | 0.00** |
Gastroenterology | 0.02 (−0.13–0.18) | 0.78 | −0.44 (−0.72−−1.16) | 0.00** | −0.45 (− 0.72−−1.17) | 0.00** |
Paediatrics | 0.09 (− 0.21–0.02) | 0.14 | − 0.30 (− 0.51−− 0.10) | 0.00** | − 0.29 (− 0.49−− 0.09) | 0.01** |
Gynaecology | − 0.18 (− 0.29−− 0.07) | 0.00** | − 0.71 (− 0.92−− 0.51) | 0.00** | −0.66 (− 0.86−− 0.46) | 0.00** |
ENT | −0.40 (− 0.55−− 0.25) | 0.00** | −0.89 (− 1.20−− 0.58) | 0.00** | −0.76 (− 1.06−− 0.45) | 0.00** |
Practice location (Reference: rural community) | ||||||
town | 0.12 (−0.03–0.27) | 0.12 | 0.19 (−0.08–0.47) | 0.17 | 0.16 (−0.10–0.43) | 0.23 |
mid-sized city | 0.14 (−0.01–0.29) | 0.07 | 0.27 (0.00–0.55) | 0.05* | 0.22 (−0.04–0.48) | 0.10 |
metropolitan area | 0.25 (0.10–0.39) | 0.00** | 0.35 (0.08–0.61) | 0.01** | 0.25 (−0.01–0.51) | 0.06 |
Age | −0.03 (− 0.08–0.02) | 0.23 | 0.07 (−0.01–0.16) | 0.09 | 0.07 (−0.01–0.16) | 0.08 |
Practice type (Reference: individual practice) | 0.13 (0.06–0.21) | 0.00** | 0.09 (−0.05–0.23) | 0.20 | 0.05 (−0.09–0.19) | 0.48 |
Gender (Reference: male) | 0.22 (0.14–0.30) | 0.00** | 0.17 (0.02–0.31) | 0.03* | 0.09 (−0.05–0.23) | 0.22 |
Physician’s assessment of the benefits | 0.37 (0.28–0.47) | 0.00** | ||||