Table 1.
Characteristics of Study Subjects by Telemedicine Consult Status.
| Total | No Telemedicine Use | Telemedicine Use | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=929 | N=591 | N=338 | |||
| Patient age | 25–44 | 30 (3.2%) | 10 (1.7%) | 20 (5.9%) | <0.001 |
| 45–64 | 260 (28.0%) | 153 (25.9%) | 107 (31.7%) | ||
| 65–74 | 197 (21.2%) | 115 (19.5%) | 82 (24.3%) | ||
| 75 or older | 442 (47.6%) | 313 (53.0%) | 129 (38.2%) | ||
| Patient sex | Female | 487 (52.4%) | 312 (52.8%) | 175 (51.8%) | 0.770 |
| Male | 442 (47.6%) | 279 (47.2%) | 163 (48.2%) | ||
| Patient race | American Indian/Alaska Native | 14 (1.5%) | 11 (1.9%) | 3 (0.9%) | <0.001 |
| Asian | 3 (0.3%) | 2 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
| Black/African American | 40 (4.3%) | 32 (5.4%) | 8 (2.4%) | ||
| Unknown | 18 (1.9%) | 2 (0.3%) | 16 (4.7%) | ||
| White | 854 (91.9%) | 544 (92.0%) | 310 (91.7%) | ||
| Patient ethnicity | Hispanic/Latinx | 3 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.6%) | <0.001 |
| Not Hispanic/Latinx | 809 (87.1%) | 579 (98.0%) | 230 (68.0%) | ||
| Unknown | 117 (12.6%) | 11 (1.9%) | 106 (31.4%) | ||
| Primary payer - recoded data | Medicare only | 605 (65.1%) | 423 (71.6%) | 182 (53.8%) | <0.001 |
| Private Insurance | 179 (19.3%) | 91 (15.4%) | 88 (26.0%) | ||
| Dual Medicare/Medicaid | 44 (4.7%) | 23 (3.9%) | 21 (6.2%) | ||
| Medicaid only | 41 (4.4%) | 16 (2.7%) | 25 (7.4%) | ||
| Self-pay/uninsured | 40 (4.3%) | 25 (4.2%) | 15 (4.4%) | ||
| Other | 20 (2.2%) | 13 (2.2%) | 7 (2.1%) | ||
| ED Arrival time | Bus. hrs (0730–1730) | 616 (66.3%) | 432 (73.1%) | 184 (54.4%) | <0.001 |
| Not bus. hrs | 313 (33.7%) | 159 (26.9%) | 154 (45.6%) | ||
| ED visit arrival day of work | Monday | 136 (14.6%) | 91 (15.4%) | 45 (13.3%) | 0.061 |
| Tuesday | 134 (14.4%) | 80 (13.5%) | 54 (16.0%) | ||
| Wednesday | 135 (14.5%) | 98 (16.6%) | 37 (10.9%) | ||
| Thursday | 148 (15.9%) | 98 (16.6%) | 50 (14.8%) | ||
| Friday | 131 (14.1%) | 84 (14.2%) | 47 (13.9%) | ||
| Saturday | 104 (11.2%) | 63 (10.7%) | 41 (12.1%) | ||
| Sunday | 141 (15.2%) | 77 (13.0%) | 64 (18.9%) | ||
| Emergency severity index | 1-Resuscitation | 66 (7.1%) | 32 (5.4%) | 34 (10.1%) | <0.001 |
| 2-Emergent | 525 (56.5%) | 297 (50.3%) | 228 (67.5%) | ||
| 3-Urgent | 167 (18.0%) | 122 (20.6%) | 45 (13.3%) | ||
| 4-Less urgent | 10 (1.1%) | 7 (1.2%) | 3 (0.9%) | ||
| 5-Non-urgent | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
| Unknown | 160 (17.2%) | 133 (22.5%) | 27 (8.0%) | ||
| Time from last known well to ED arrival (minutes) | 1 Missing | 292 (31.4%) | 265 (44.8%) | 27 (8.0%) | <0.001 |
| 2 <=60 min | 155 (16.7%) | 55 (9.3%) | 100 (29.6%) | ||
| 3 61–120 min | 104 (11.2%) | 40 (6.8%) | 64 (18.9%) | ||
| 4 121–360 min | 149 (16.0%) | 77 (13.0%) | 72 (21.3%) | ||
| 5 >360 min | 229 (24.7%) | 154 (26.1%) | 75 (22.2%) |