Table 2.
Percent Reporting Using Telehealth in Past 12 Months
% | |
---|---|
A. Full sample | |
Total | |
Used telehealth | 12.9 |
Referred patients for telehealth consult | 6.4 |
Any telehealth (referred and/or used) | 15.2 |
B. Any telehealth, by characteristic | |
Age (P = .041) | |
39 years or less | 13.9 |
40–49 years | 18.9 |
50–59 years | 15.7 |
60+ years | 12.9 |
Gender (P = .088) | |
Women | 13.7 |
Men | 18.5 |
Area (P < .001) | |
Suburban | 7.9 |
Urban, inner city | 16.2 |
Urban, not inner city | 21.9 |
Rural | 24.4 |
Setting (P = .014) | |
Solo or 2 physician practice | 15.9 |
Group practice/health maintenance organization | 12.1 |
Medical school/hospital/clinic | 20.8 |
Region (P < .001) | |
Northeast | 8.2 |
Midwest | 15.8 |
South | 11.2 |
West | 28.4 |
Subspecialist status (P < .001) | |
Primary care | 11.7 |
Subspecialist | 25.7 |
P values refer to results from chi-squared tests assessing the statistical significance of differences in any telehealth use across groups.