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- Title
The Transition to Telehealth during the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a National Sample of Patients.
- Authors
Fischer, Shira H.; Uscher-Pines, Lori; Roth, Elizabeth; Breslau, Joshua
- Abstract
As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person medical care, emergency regulatory changes were implemented to promote use of telehealth, [1] moving this previously peripheral practice to the center of health care delivery in the USA. When the pandemic began, 39.3% were being treated for a chronic physical health condition, 15.0% for a behavioral health condition; since the pandemic started, 16% had considered seeking care for a new or recurrent condition. One study of private health care claims found that telemedicine claims were 4000% higher in March 2020 than in March 2019.[2] Information on use of telehealth by patients can inform post-pandemic policy.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; TELEMEDICINE; MENTAL health services; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL care; MEDICARE
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 3, p849
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-020-06358-0