Table 12.
Descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing results for appointment length for telehealth visits for 2020 (μt,app,20), 2021 (μt,app,21), and 2022 (μt,app,22).
| Specialty | μ t,app,20 | μ t,app,21 | μ t,app,22 | Ha (P value) | |||||||||
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Minutes, mean (SD) | Visits, n | Minutes, mean (SD) | Visits, n | Minutes, mean (SD) | Visits, n | μt,app,20 ≠ μt,app,21 | μt,app,20 > μt,app,21 | μt,app,21 ≠ μt,app,22 | μt,app,21 > μt,app,22 | |||
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 55.3 (88.4) | 99 | 50.7 (91.2) | 1051 | 30.2 (71.7) | 878 | .63 | —a | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Psychiatry | 61.8 (74.1) | 63 | 36.2 (39.3) | 2152 | 41.8 (38.1) | 5907 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .99 | |||
| Family medicine | 50.0 (78.1) | 960 | 52.2 (76.2) | 5535 | 42.7 (58.8) | 6246 | .41 | — | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Gerontology | 106.2 (100.4) | 290 | 60.6 (67.1) | 1081 | 48.4 (51.4) | 1517 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Internal medicine | 91.7 (123.1) | 449 | 75.7 (103) | 1195 | 51.1 (66.6) | 838 | .008 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Neurology | 139.0 (96.8) | 2524 | 83.4 (81.2) | 4388 | 24.9 (40.1) | 3835 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Neurosurgery | 148.7 (90.1) | 1523 | 95.8 (74.3) | 1682 | 38.0 (42.2) | 782 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
aNot applicable.