Research Article

A Comparison Study of Doctor-Patient Internet Interactions in Traditional and Modern Medicine: Empirical Evidence from Online Healthcare Communities

Table 2

Descriptive statistics.

VariableWhole sample: 168870TCM sample: 17513MM sample: 151357
MeanStd. dev.MinMaxMeanStd. dev.MinMaxMeanStd. dev.MinMax

Page view3060011712036671167000000411237.502786098892.00167000000293824.501539700671138000000
Order344.521334.860.0073374.00333.381472.950.0059248.00345.811317.950.0073374.00
OCR0.000.000.000.520.000.000.000.030.000.000.000.52
Star0.160.640.005.000.090.470.005.000.170.650.005.00
Hot3.610.310.005.003.750.280.005.003.600.310.005.00
Thank8.1833.900.001632.005.0420.200.00559.008.5535.120.001632.00
Gift20.86115.540.009362.0013.5484.760.003353.0021.71118.560.009362.00
Article7.3228.150.00313.0015.2451.050.00313.006.4121.770.0078.00
Review19.4671.160.003187.0013.9448.700.001332.0020.1073.290.003187.00
Startyear2014.282.92200820192013.773.01200820182014.332.9120082019
Desc_len31.9817.971.00162.0035.0917.702.00145.0031.6117.971.00162.00
Intro_len211.78383.9438.0027056.00214.32294.0438.009966.00211.04393.0038.0027056.00
City0.500.500.001.000.350.480.001.000.520.500.001.00

Note. Other dummy variable series, including the academic title, clinic title, and department, are not shown to save space.