Observational studyJournal of medical Internet research2022
Outpatient Care Among Users and Nonusers of Direct-to-Patient Telehealth: Observational Study.
Observational study in Journal of medical Internet research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Does Language Proficiency Affect Completion of Telerehabilitation Video Visits? A Retrospective Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Predicting Anticipated Telehealth Use: Development of the CONTEST Score and Machine Learning Models Using a National U.S. Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Primary Care Telemedicine and Care Continuity: Implications for Timeliness and Short-term Follow-up Healthcare.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Virtual Visits With Own Family Physician vs Outside Family Physician and Emergency Department Use.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Effect of Telemedicine Use on Medical Spending and Health Care Utilization: A Machine Learning Approach.AJPM focus · 2023Article
- Analysis of the Effect of the Communication Ability of Nurses in Outpatient Infusion Room on the Treatment Experience of Patients and Their Families.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundExpansion of telehealth insurance coverage is hampered by concerns that such coverage may encourage excessive use and spending.
objectiveThe aim of this paper is to examine whether users of telehealth services rely more on other forms of outpatient care than nonusers, and to estimate the differences in payment rates.
methodsWe examined claims data from a large national insurer in 2017. We limited our analysis to patients with visits for 3 common diagnoses (N=660,546). We calculated the total number of visits per patient, overall, and by setting, and adjusted for patient- and county-level factors.
resultsAfter multivariable adjustment, telehealth-visit users, compared to nonusers, had 0.44 fewer visits to primary care, 0.11 fewer visits to emergency departments, and 0.17 fewer visits to retail and urgent care. All estimates are statistically significant at P<.001. Average payment rates for telehealth visits were lower than all other settings.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that telehealth visits may substitute rather than add to in-person care for some types of care. Our study suggests that telehealth visits may offer an efficient and less costly alternative.
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