Use of Telehealth by Surgical Specialties During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While telehealth use in surgery has shown to be feasible, telehealth became a major modality of health care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To assess patterns of telehealth use across surgical specialties before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

Insurance claims from a Michigan statewide commercial payer for new patient visits with a surgeon from 1 of 9 surgical specialties during one of the following periods: prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (period 1: January 5 to March 7, 2020), early pandemic (period 2: March 8 to June 6, 2020), and late pandemic (period 3: June 7 to September 5, 2020).

Exposures

Telehealth implementation owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Main outcomes and measures</

SUBMITTER: Chao GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7998347 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature