The Evolution of Primary Care Telehealth Disparities During COVID-19: Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telehealth has become widely used as a novel way to provide outpatient care during the COVID-19 pandemic, but data about telehealth use in primary care remain limited. Studies in other specialties raise concerns that telehealth may be widening existing health care disparities, requiring further scrutiny of trends in telehealth use.

Objective

Our study aims to further characterize sociodemographic differences in primary care via telehealth compared to in-person office visits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine if these disparities changed throughout 2020.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a large US academic center with 46 primary care practices from April-December 2019 to April-December 2020. Data were subdivided into ca

SUBMITTER: D'Amico R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233430 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature