COVID-19 pandemic impact on telehealth use and perceptions for atopic and respiratory disease: Survey results.

ABSTRACT: Background: Telehealth use increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to provide patient care while deferring to social distancing recommendations. Objective: Health-care provider and patient surveys were conducted to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the use and perception of telehealth visits for atopic and respiratory diseases. Methods: Health-care provider (N = 200) and patient (N = 200) surveys were conducted in the United States between September and October, 2020, and January, 2021. The participants were required to have used telehealth before or after March 1, 2020, the cutoff date selected to represent the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Before the pandemic, 40% of the health-care provider participants were conducting tele

SUBMITTER: Bukstein DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9106096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature