Telehealth Adoption and Discontinuation by US Hospitals: Results From 2 Quasi-Natural Experiments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior US hospital telehealth (video visit) studies have focused on describing factors that influence telehealth adoption or performance effects for specific patient segments, hospital systems, or geographic regions. To our knowledge, a larger-scale, national-level (US) study has yet to be conducted on the causal impacts of hospital telehealth adoption as well as discontinuation.

Objective

The aim of this study is to understand the causal impact of US hospital telehealth adoption or discontinuation on hospital performance from 2016 to 2018.

Methods

We analyzed impacts of telehealth adoption or discontinuation by US hospitals on emergency department visits, total ambulatory visits (minus emergency department visits), outpatient services revenue, total facilit

SUBMITTER: Baird A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8900896 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature