Table 5.
Frequency With Which Practice Personnel Reported That the Practice Directly Notifies Patients of Laboratory Test Results (n = 384)
Result
Reported Patients Notified Directly, n (%)
<96% of the Time
Between 96% to 100% of the Time
Normal
255 (66)
129 (34)
Clinically insignificant abnormal
220 (57)
164 (43)
Clinically significant abnormal
105 (27)
279 (73)