Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Telemedicine is an increasingly used yet understudied vehicle to deliver pediatric primary care. Evidence detailing downstream health care utilization after telemedicine visits is needed.

Objective

To compare pediatric primary care conducted via telemedicine (video or telephone) with in-person office visits with regard to physician medication prescribing and imaging and laboratory ordering and downstream follow-up office visits, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospitalizations.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included all patients younger than 18 years who had scheduled primary care appointments with a pediatrician from January 1 to December 31, 2022, in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health system, a large integrated he

SUBMITTER: Casey SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584922 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature