Disparities in Telemedicine Success and Their Association With Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Thoracic Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Disparities in access to telemedicine were identified at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the consequences of these disparities are not well characterized.

Objective

To investigate factors associated with successfully accessing and completing telemedicine visits and the association between telemedicine visit success and clinical outcomes among patients with thoracic cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included patients who attended outpatient visits at the thoracic oncology division of Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, from March 1 to July 17, 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

Associations of age, sex, race, ethnicity, insurance status, marital status, zip code, type of cancer, cancer

SUBMITTER: Waseem N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature