Older adults' access to primary care: Gender, racial, and ethnic disparities in telemedicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2020, primary care practices adopted telemedicine as an alternative to in-person visits. Little is known about whether access to telemedicine was equitable, especially among older patients. Our objectives were to (1) examine older adults' use of telemedicine versus in-person primary care visits and (2) compare hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) between the groups.

Methods

In this retrospective cross-sectional study of 17,103 patients aged ≥65 years seen at 32 clinics in the Mid-Atlantic, primary care patients were classified into two groups-telemedicine versus in person-based on the first visit between March and May 2020 and followed up for 14 days. Using multivariable logistic regression, we measured the odds of being seen via tel

SUBMITTER: Ryskina KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497419 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature