High patient satisfaction with both telehealth and in-person new patient visits at a large academic fertility center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify differences in patient satisfaction between individuals who had in-person vs. telemedicine consultations at our large academic institution's ambulatory fertility clinic.

Design

This cross-sectional study involved distribution of an electronic survey, including questions to assess demographic factors and graded satisfaction metrics, to all patients at Penn Fertility Care.

Subjects

Eligible respondents were self-screened to include only patients ≥18 years old who had a new patient visit between January 2019 and July 2024.

Exposure

Type of consultation: telemedicine vs. in-person.

Main outcome measures

Patient satisfaction, assessed using graded satisfaction metrics and evaluated using χ² tests and adjusted regression models

SUBMITTER: Pollie MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12905606 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature