Prevalence and Characteristics of Telehealth Utilization in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Telehealth services, which allow patients to communicate with a remotely located clinician, are increasingly available; however, prevalence of telehealth use, including videoconferencing visits, remains unclear.

Objective

To measure the use of and willingness to use telehealth modalities across the US population.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study, conducted between February 2019 and April 2019, asked participants about their use of different telehealth modalities, reasons for not using videoconferencing visits, and willingness to use videoconferencing visits. Questions were continuously posed to panel members and closed after 2555 responses were obtained, at which point 3932 panel members had been invited, for a 65.0% response rate.

Exp

SUBMITTER: Fischer SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588937 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature