Patient Characteristics Associated With Choosing a Telemedicine Visit vs Office Visit With the Same Primary Care Clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Video or telephone telemedicine can offer patients access to a clinician without arranging for transportation or spending time in a waiting room, but little is known about patient characteristics associated with choosing between telemedicine or office visits.

Objective

To examine patient characteristics associated with choosing a telemedicine visit vs office visit with the same primary care clinicians.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included data from 1 131 722 patients who scheduled a primary care appointment through the Kaiser Permanente Northern California patient portal between January 1, 2016, and May 31, 2018. All completed primary care appointments booked via the patient portal were identified. Only index visits without

SUBMITTER: Reed ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301227 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature