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. 2020 Sep 9;22(9):e20786. doi: 10.2196/20786

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of clinic visits before and after COVID-19.

Characteristic Pre–COVID-19 (April 1, 2019 to March 3, 2020) (n=36,273) COVID-19 (March 4-31, 2020) (n=2336) P value
Press Ganey score (%), mean (SD)

All visits 92.47 (11.25) 93.43 (10.51) <.001

Telemedicine 95.01 (8.65) 94.87 (10.22) .31

In-person 92.46 (11.26) 93.02 (10.56) .004
Age (years)

Median (IQR) 63 (48-72) 62 (47-72) a

Mean (SD) 59.85 (16.49) 59.08 (16.15) .03

Category, n (%) <.001


18-25 853 (2.35) 46 (1.97)


26-39 4827 (13.31) 315 (13.48)


40-59 9526 (26.26) 713 (30.52)


60-79 17,911 (49.38) 1089 (46.62)


≥80 3156 (8.70) 173 (7.41)
Sex, n (%) .29

Male 14,444 (39.82) 904 (38.70)

Female 21,829 (60.18) 1432 (61.30)
Type of visit, n (%) <.001

Video 109 (0.30) 511 (21.88)

Follow-up 18,131 (49.98) 852 (36.47)

New patient 7606 (20.97) 393 (16.82)

Established well visit 3204 (8.83) 157 (6.72)

Consultation 1224 (3.37) 74 (3.17)

New well visit 1215 (3.35) 77 (3.30)

Follow-up (complex) 1132 (3.12) 55 (2.35)

Physical 772 (2.13) 44 (1.88)

Post-op 390 (1.08) 30 (1.28)

Other 2490 (6.86) 143 (6.12)
Visit type, n (%) .15

New 9816 (27.06) 665 (28.47)

Existing 26,457 (72.94) 1671 (71.53)
Specialty <.001

Internal medicine 7427 (20.47) 626 (26.80)

Obstetrics/gynecology 3287 (9.06) 206 (8.82)

Cardiology 3015 (8.31) 163 (7.00)

Ophthalmology 2863 (7.89) 144 (6.16)

Otolaryngology 2611 (7.20) 133 (5.69)

Hematology/oncology 1934 (5.33) 119 (5.09)

Dermatology 1646 (4.54) 84 (3.60)

Other 13,491 (37.19) 861 (36.86)

aNot applicable.