Variability in Primary Care Telehealth Delivery Methods Across Chronic Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sociodemographic characteristics, such as age, gender, and urbanicity, are associated individual's engagement with telehealth. However, it is unknown whether an individual's specific clinical conditions (eg, hypertension, low back pain, or heart failure) are associated with the likelihood of receiving in person, telephone, or video-based care.

Objective

To identify chronic conditions that are more or less likely to be managed in person, via telephone, or via video.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from nationwide Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patient electronic health records between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023.

Exposure

Thirty-nine chronic conditions managed at each encounter were identified using I

SUBMITTER: Ferguson JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11947845 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature