Table 1.

Characteristics of study sample used in the analysis

Variables	Group: number of observations
Telehealth utilization (Whether a patient used telehealth during the study period)	Yes: 26,128 used video only: 22,667 used audio only: 1020 used both video and audio: 2441 No: 26,776
Insurance	Medicare only: 16,099 Medicaid only: 26,127 Both Medicare and Medicaid: 10,678
Gender	Female: 31,999 Male: 20,905
Age group	Age 65 + : 31,434 Age 45–64: 17,579 Age 21–44: 3894
Area	Urban: 50,053 Rural: 2851
Types of chronic disease	Diabetes: 35,442 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 13,566 Heart failure: 3896