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Table 2 Characteristics of the use of email.

From: Use of email for patient communication in student health care: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Mean

Median

Minimum

Maximum

 

n1)

n1)

n1)

n1)

Type of patient contact

    

   Visit

44.2

46.5

7

78

   Phone call

18.2

18.0

0

59

   Email

8.6

3.5

0

96

 

%

%

%

%

Proportion of the respective contact types

    

   Phone call / visit

40

36

0

100

   Email / visit

20

12

0

185

   Email / phone call

55

22

0

600

  1. Characteristics of the use of email in one week (5.5. – 9.5.2003) among physicians (n = 52) at the Finnish Student Health Service.
  2. 1) Number of contacts