Telehealth and Outpatient Visits Among Individuals with Chronic Conditions by Socioeconomic Status in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Objective: We investigated telehealth usage for individuals with chronic conditions by neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We split the population of 2.3 million commercially insured adults in the United States with at least one chronic condition in claims into four quartiles of SES using address of residence. After balancing groups on baseline characteristics, we examined telehealth and total outpatient evaluation and management (E&M) visits from March 2020 to February 2021. Results: Quartile 4 (highest SES) had more telehealth visits per person (0.054-0.100 more visits over each 3-month period) and a higher percentage of visits that were telehealth (1.8-5.9 percen

SUBMITTER: Gordon AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354307 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature