Table 2.
Appointment specialty, baseline and matched cohorts.
| Specialty | In-person care (N = 182 665) | Telemedicine (N = 53 837) | All (N = 236 502) | P | In-person care (N = 43 688) | Telemedicine (N = 43 688) | All (N = 87 376) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent Medicine | 688 (0.4%) | 86 (0.2%) | 774 (0.3%) | <.001 | 115 (0.3%) | 77 (0.2%) | 192 (0.2%) | <.001 |
| Allergy | 770 (0.4%) | 95 (0.2%) | 865 (0.4%) | 230 (0.5%) | 89 (0.2%) | 319 (0.4%) | ||
| Audiology | 1273 (0.7%) | 28 (0.1%) | 1301 (0.6%) | 208 (0.5%) | 3 (0.0%) | 211 (0.2%) | ||
| Cardiology | 17 492 (9.6%) | 4587 (8.5%) | 22 079 (9.3%) | 3537 (8.1%) | 4098 (9.4%) | 7635 (8.7%) | ||
| Cardiothoracic Surgery | 405 (0.2%) | 54 (0.1%) | 459 (0.2%) | 119 (0.3%) | 47 (0.1%) | 166 (0.2%) | ||
| Colon & Rectal Surgery | 3338 (1.8%) | 209 (0.4%) | 3547 (1.5%) | 621 (1.4%) | 189 (0.4%) | 810 (0.9%) | ||
| Dermatology | 12 452 (6.8%) | 99 (0.2%) | 12 551 (5.3%) | 3728 (8.5%) | 82 (0.2%) | 3810 (4.4%) | ||
| Diabetes | 3262 (1.8%) | 1897 (3.5%) | 5159 (2.2%) | 1112 (2.5%) | 1677 (3.8%) | 2789 (3.2%) | ||
| Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | 976 (0.5%) | 155 (0.3%) | 1131 (0.5%) | 263 (0.6%) | 144 (0.3%) | 407 (0.5%) | ||
| Family Medicine | 6402 (3.5%) | 1813 (3.4%) | 8215 (3.5%) | 2232 (5.1%) | 1638 (3.7%) | 3870 (4.4%) | ||
| Gastroenterology | 7627 (4.2%) | 1613 (3.0%) | 9240 (3.9%) | 1545 (3.5%) | 1513 (3.5%) | 3058 (3.5%) | ||
| General Surgery | 4995 (2.7%) | 381 (0.7%) | 5376 (2.3%) | 1132 (2.6%) | 343 (0.8%) | 1475 (1.7%) | ||
| Gynecology | 1934 (1.1%) | 1076 (2.0%) | 3010 (1.3%) | 665 (1.5%) | 714 (1.6%) | 1379 (1.6%) | ||
| Hematology | 149 (0.1%) | 767 (1.4%) | 916 (0.4%) | 36 (0.1%) | 652 (1.5%) | 688 (0.8%) | ||
| Internal Medicine | 10 332 (5.7%) | 8549 (15.9%) | 18 881 (8.0%) | 3234 (7.4%) | 5508 (12.6%) | 8742 (10.0%) | ||
| Maternal & Fetal Medicine | 140 (0.1%) | 2157 (4.0%) | 2297 (1.0%) | 31 (0.1%) | 1886 (4.3%) | 1917 (2.2%) | ||
| Nephrology | 1051 (0.6%) | 459 (0.9%) | 1510 (0.6%) | 232 (0.5%) | 403 (0.9%) | 635 (0.7%) | ||
| Neurology | 6600 (3.6%) | 12 056 (22.4%) | 18 656 (7.9%) | 1674 (3.8%) | 10 255 (23.5%) | 11 929 (13.7%) | ||
| Neuropsychology | 6 (0.0%) | 402 (0.7%) | 408 (0.2%) | 3 (0.0%) | 354 (0.8%) | 357 (0.4%) | ||
| Neurosurgery | 17 043 (9.3%) | 2137 (4.0%) | 19 180 (8.1%) | 3211 (7.3%) | 1682 (3.9%) | 4893 (5.6%) | ||
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 19 132 (10.5%) | 1442 (2.7%) | 20 574 (8.7%) | 5486 (12.6%) | 1317 (3.0%) | 6803 (7.8%) | ||
| Ophthalmology | 14 449 (7.9%) | 7 (0.0%) | 14 456 (6.1%) | 2665 (6.1%) | 5 (0.0%) | 2670 (3.1%) | ||
| Orthopedic Surgery | 2619 (1.4%) | 642 (1.2%) | 3261 (1.4%) | 666 (1.5%) | 439 (1.0%) | 1105 (1.3%) | ||
| Otorhinolaryngology | 11 899 (6.5%) | 663 (1.2%) | 12 562 (5.3%) | 2461 (5.6%) | 565 (1.3%) | 3026 (3.5%) | ||
| Pediatric Allergy & Immunology | 607 (0.3%) | 189 (0.4%) | 796 (0.3%) | 213 (0.5%) | 158 (0.4%) | 371 (0.4%) | ||
| Pediatric Gastroenterology | 69 (0.0%) | 4 (0.0%) | 73 (0.0%) | 26 (0.1%) | 4 (0.0%) | 30 (0.0%) | ||
| Pediatric Genetics | 190 (0.1%) | 369 (0.7%) | 559 (0.2%) | 57 (0.1%) | 273 (0.6%) | 330 (0.4%) | ||
| Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | 109 (0.1%) | 9 (0.0%) | 118 (0.0%) | 61 (0.1%) | 9 (0.0%) | 70 (0.1%) | ||
| Pediatric Infectious Diseases | 611 (0.3%) | 30 (0.1%) | 641 (0.3%) | 150 (0.3%) | 26 (0.1%) | 176 (0.2%) | ||
| Pediatric Nephrology | 612 (0.3%) | 21 (0.0%) | 633 (0.3%) | 346 (0.8%) | 19 (0.0%) | 365 (0.4%) | ||
| Pediatric Neurology | 108 (0.1%) | 94 (0.2%) | 202 (0.1%) | 38 (0.1%) | 81 (0.2%) | 119 (0.1%) | ||
| Pediatric Psychiatry | 2 (0.0%) | 71 (0.1%) | 73 (0.0%) | |||||
| Pediatric Pulmonology | 94 (0.1%) | 19 (0.0%) | 113 (0.0%) | 58 (0.1%) | 17 (0.0%) | 75 (0.1%) | ||
| Pediatrics | 3704 (2.0%) | 1572 (2.9%) | 5276 (2.2%) | 1238 (2.8%) | 1419 (3.2%) | 2657 (3.0%) | ||
| Physical Therapy | 1247 (0.7%) | 6 (0.0%) | 1253 (0.5%) | 488 (1.1%) | 5 (0.0%) | 493 (0.6%) | ||
| Plastic Surgery | 3836 (2.1%) | 146 (0.3%) | 3982 (1.7%) | 873 (2.0%) | 127 (0.3%) | 1000 (1.1%) | ||
| Psychiatry | 2269 (1.2%) | 4836 (9.0%) | 7105 (3.0%) | 388 (0.9%) | 3576 (8.2%) | 3964 (4.5%) | ||
| Psychology | 2 (0.0%) | 6 (0.0%) | 8 (0.0%) | 1 (0.0%) | 5 (0.0%) | 6 (0.0%) | ||
| Pulmonary Disease | 2741 (1.5%) | 345 (0.6%) | 3086 (1.3%) | 630 (1.4%) | 315 (0.7%) | 945 (1.1%) | ||
| Rheumatology | 4100 (2.2%) | 556 (1.0%) | 4656 (2.0%) | 886 (2.0%) | 520 (1.2%) | 1406 (1.6%) | ||
| Speech Pathology | 40 (0.0%) | 32 (0.1%) | 72 (0.0%) | 10 (0.0%) | 18 (0.0%) | 28 (0.0%) | ||
| Sports Medicine | 116 (0.1%) | 304 (0.6%) | 420 (0.2%) | 86 (0.2%) | 223 (0.5%) | 309 (0.4%) | ||
| Urgent Care | 656 (0.4%) | 117 (0.2%) | 773 (0.3%) | 254 (0.6%) | 65 (0.1%) | 319 (0.4%) | ||
| Urology | 11 916 (6.5%) | 3493 (6.5%) | 15 409 (6.5%) | 1855 (4.2%) | 2932 (6.7%) | 4787 (5.5%) | ||
| Vascular Surgery | 4602 (2.5%) | 244 (0.5%) | 4846 (2.0%) | 824 (1.9%) | 216 (0.5%) | 1040 (1.2%) |