Table 2.

Factors Associated With Telehealth Use in 2014 for Family Physicians Responding to the January 2015 Robert Graham Center Survey*

VariableOdds RatioConfidence Interval
Sex
    Female1.070.75–1.54
    MaleReference
Type of medical degree
    AllopathicReference
    Osteopathic0.570.31–1.02
Location of medical school
    United StatesReference
    International0.80.48–1.32
Practice location
    UrbanReference
    Rural3.052.19–4.25
Years in practice
    1–10Reference
    11–200.660.43–1.01
    21–300.870.55–1.37
    >310.620.36–1.08
Electronic health record use
    Currently a user3.421.22–9.65
    Not currently a userReference
Type of care provided
    Hospital/urgent/emergency care or other careReference
    General primary care0.510.33–0.80
Family physicians at the practice site
    1–5Reference
    ≥61.320.93–1.89
Practice ownership
    PrivateReference
    Hospital health system1.260.81–1.95
    Integrated health system3.531.79–6.98
    Other3.562.17–5.85
Constant0.0470.02–0.15
  • * Respondents were from among a random sample of 5000 family physicians in direct patient care from the 2014 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile, with oversampling of rural family physicians at a rate of 2 to 1. There are 1508 observations.