TABLE. Percentage of weekly telehealth visits* among consecutively responding Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded health centers† (N = 245), by U.S. Census region§ and urbanicity — Health Center COVID-19 Survey, United States, June 26–November 6, 2020.
| Regions | Total no. of health centers (%) | Weekly telehealth visits, week ending, no. (%) |
Change in average percentage of weekly telehealth visits, absolute difference¶ (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall** | Jun 26 | Aug 28 | Nov 6 | Overall,** Jun 26–Aug 28 | Weekly,†† Jun 26–Aug 28 | Overall,** Sept 4–Nov 6 | Weekly,†† Sept 4– Nov 6 | ||
|
U.S. Census region
| |||||||||
| Northeast |
50.0 (20.4)
|
37.7 (0–100)§§ |
48.3 (0–95) |
35.0 (0–80) |
35.1 (0–95) |
−13.3 (−27.5) |
−1.5 (−3.5) |
0.1 (0.3) |
0.01 (0.2) |
| Midwest |
41.0 (16.7)
|
28.4 (0–90) |
36.0 (0–90) |
28.7 (0–80) |
24.5 (0–80) |
−7.3 (−20.3) |
−0.8 (−2.4) |
−3.3 (−11.8) |
−0.4 (−1.5) |
| South |
77.0 (31.4)
|
20.4 (0–95)§§ |
22.7 (0–95) |
21.6 (0–90) |
17.8 (0–90) |
−1.1 (−4.9) |
−0.1 (−0.5) |
−2.7 (−13.0) |
−0.4 (−1.9) |
| West |
72.0 (29.4)
|
36.3 (0–100)§§ |
41.0 (0–90) |
36.3 (0–85) |
32.3 (0–85) |
−4.7 (−11.5) |
−0.5 (−1.3) |
−3.0 (−8.5) |
−0.4 (−1.0) |
| Puerto Rico¶¶ |
5.0 (2.0)
|
31.3 (0–80) |
35.0 (5–65) |
32.0 (15–65) |
28.0 (5–70) |
−3.0 (−8.6) |
−0.3 (0.8) |
−1.0 (−3.4) |
−0.4 (−0.5) |
|
Urbanicity
| |||||||||
| Urban |
154.0 (62.9)
|
35.2 (0–100)§§ |
42.0 (0–95) |
34.4 (0–90) |
30.9 (0–95) |
−7.6 (−18.1) |
−0.8 (−2.2) |
−3.0 (−8.7) |
−0.4 (−1.0) |
| Rural |
91.0 (37.1)
|
21.7 (0–95) |
25.2 (0–90) |
22.6 (0–90) |
20.1 (0–90) |
−2.6 (−10.2) |
−0.3 (−1.1) |
−1.1 (−5.2) |
−0.3 (−1.1) |
| Total | 245.0 (100) | 30.2 (0–100)§§ | 35.8 (0–95) | 30.1 (0–90) | 26.9 (0–95) | −5.7 (−16.0) | −0.6 (−1.9) | −2.3 (−7.8) | −0.3 (−1.1) |
Abbreviation: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.
* Percentage of weekly visits conducted virtually.
† Health centers include HRSA-funded Federally Qualified Health Centers, which fall under the Consolidated Health Center Program (Section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act). Only data from HRSA-funded Federally Qualified Health Centers are included in this analysis.
§ Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
¶ Change calculated as absolute difference in percentage points.
** Results are based on data for the entire study period (weeks ending June 26–November 6, 2020).
†† Average of week-to-week differences in the average percentage of weekly visits conducted by telehealth, for the study period (weeks ending June 26–November 6, 2020).
§§ Kruskal-Wallis Test shows significant differences in the overall average percentage of telehealth visits by U.S. Census regions (p<0.01). Health centers in the South had lower overall average percentages of telehealth visits compared with those in the Northeast (p<0.01) and the West (p<0.01). Urban health centers had higher overall average percentages of telehealth visits than did rural health centers (p<0.01).
¶¶ Consecutively responding health centers in dependent areas for the study period included only those in Puerto Rico.