Barriers to telehealth access among homebound older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To identify major barriers to video-based telehealth use among homebound older adults.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

A large home-based primary care (HBPC) program in New York City (NYC) serving 873 homebound patients living in the community.

Participants

Sixteen primary care physicians.

Measurements

An 11-item assessment of provider perceptions of patients' experience with and barriers to telehealth.

Results

According to physicians in the HBPC program, more than one-third (35%) of homebound patients (mean age of 82.7; 46.6% with dementia; mean of 4 comorbidities/patient) engaged in first-time video-based telehealth encounters between April and June 2020 during the first COVID-19 surge in NYC. The majority (82%) requ

SUBMITTER: Kalicki AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250614 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature