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. 2020 Oct 30;69(43):1595–1599. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6943a3

FIGURE 1.

The figure shows the number of telehealth patient encounters reported by four telehealth providers that offer services in all states and the percentage change in telehealth encounters and emergency department (ED) visits from 2019 to 2020.

Number of telehealth patient encounters reported by four telehealth providers that offer services in all states and percentage change in telehealth encounters and emergency department (ED) visits — United States, January 1–March 30, 2019 (comparison period) and January 1–March 28, 2020 (early pandemic period)*

Abbreviations: CARES Act = Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; CMS = Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.

* Unpublished ED visit data obtained from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program.