Hospital Utilization Among Rural Children Served by Pediatric Neurology Telemedicine Clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Telemedicine is increasingly used to provide outpatient pediatric neurology consultations in underserved communities. Although telemedicine clinics have been shown to improve access, little is known about how they alter patients' utilization of hospital services.

Objective

To evaluate the association between access to telemedicine clinics and hospital utilization among underserved children with neurologic conditions.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study included 4169 patients who received outpatient care from pediatric neurologists affiliated with an academic children's hospital in California between January 1, 2009, and July 31, 2017, either in person or using telemedicine.

Exposures

Consultation modality (telem

SUBMITTER: Dayal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704740 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature