Disparities in telemedicine use and payment policies in the United States between 2019 and 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic induced an increase in telemedicine use in the American health care system. We assess disparities in telemedicine usage, the diseases and conditions it is used for, and the association of payment parity policies with telemedicine use for January 2019-March 2023.

Methods

We include health systems which reported electronic health record data to the Healthjump database. The outcomes of interest are the percentage of outpatient consultations conducted via telemedicine in each health system and the distribution of outpatient and telemedicine consultations across 31 diseases and conditions. We use a difference-in-difference observational design to assess the association of state level payment parity mandates with telemedicine use.

Results

We

SUBMITTER: Gage AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865567 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature