Personal computer use

For what purposes do you use a computer?

	Overall	Female	Male	34 and under	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and over
Total	3385	958	2427	330	1118	1039	609	289
Electronic billing	14%	9%	16%	14%	14%	16%	12%	9%
Electronic patient records	14%	11%	15%	14%	16%	14%	11%	12%
General office managment (e.g. word processing)	27%	22%	29%	27%	31%	29%	22%	16%
Decision aids in patient management (e.g. checking for possible drug interactions)	13%	10%	14%	13%	14%	14%	12%	8%
Electronic mail (sending and receiving mail by modem)	46%	37%	49%	49%	51%	47%	41%	24%
Bibliographic database searching (e.g. MEDLINE)	45%	39%	48%	48%	53%	45%	39%	25%
CME on diskette or CD-ROM	40%	30%	44%	39%	47%	42%	33%	24%
Bulletin boards (e.g. MOCOMP, MAINPRO)	11%	7%	13%	8%	13%	12%	10%	7%

For what purposes do you use a computer?

	GP/FP	Med Spec	Surg Spec	Rural	Urban
Total	1736	1184	465	294	3091
Electronic billing	14%	15%	11%	14%	14%
Electronic patient records	11%	19%	11%	8%	15%
General office managment (e.g. word processing)	24%	33%	20%	22%	27%
Decision aids in patient management (e.g. checking for possible drug interactions)	12%	17%	9%	15%	13%
Electronic mail (sending and receiving mail by modem)	38%	57%	44%	43%	46%
Bibliographic database searching (e.g. MEDLINE)	34%	60%	50%	40%	46%
CME on diskette or CD-ROM	35%	46%	43%	45%	39%
Bulletin boards (e.g. MOCOMP, MAINPRO)	8%	15%	14%	9%	11%