Telemedicine Use Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Was Associated With Youth and White Race but Not With Socioeconomic Deprivation: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Orthopedic Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of telemedicine increased greatly following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unclear whether and how sociodemographic factors have affected orthopedics patients' use of this technology in the pandemic.

Purpose

The aim of this study was to determine how patient demographic variability in telemedicine use is influenced by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and distance to clinical site among patients seeking care for hip and knee arthritis from orthopedic surgeons.

Methods

Demographic data and visit type were collected from the electronic medical record for patients seen in our academic medical center either before or during the COVID-19 pandemic by orthopedic surgeons who specialize in hip and knee arthroplasty. Univariate and multivariate ana

SUBMITTER: Navarro BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11528590 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature