Comparison of Quality Performance Measures for Patients Receiving In-Person vs Telemedicine Primary Care in a Large Integrated Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite its rapid adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unknown how telemedicine augmentation of in-person office visits has affected quality of patient care.

Objective

To examine whether quality of care among patients exposed to telemedicine differs from patients with only in-person office-based care.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective cohort study, standardized quality measures were compared between patients with office-only (in-person) visits vs telemedicine visits from March 1, 2020, to November 30, 2021, across more than 200 outpatient care sites in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Exposures

Patients completing telemedicine (video) visits.

Main outcomes and measures

χ2 tests determined statistically significant diffe

SUBMITTER: Baughman DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9513647 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature