Table 3.
Characteristics of ambulatory cardiology patients seen during the COVID-19 pandemic stratified by age
| Age strata, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <65 | >65–74 | >75–84 | >85 | |
| March–June 2020 | 3166 (37.5) | 2424 (28.7) | 2039 (24.1) | 817 (9.7) |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Female | 1378 (43.5) | 983 (40.6) | 827 (40.6) | 389 (47.6) |
| Male | 1788 (56.5) | 1441 (59.4) | 1212 (59.4) | 428 (52.4) |
| Visit type, n (%) | ||||
| In-person | 169 (5.3) | 129 (5.3) | 87 (4.3) | 41 (5.0) |
| Telemedicine phone | 1538 (48.6) | 1473 (60.8) | 1434 (70.3) | 631 (77.2) |
| Telemedicine video | 1459 (46.1) | 822 (33.9) | 518 (25.4) | 145 (17.8) |
| Preferred language, n (%) | ||||
| English | 3004 (94.9) | 2286 (94.3) | 1910 (93.7) | 761 (93.1) |
| Non-English | 162 (5.1) | 138 (5.7) | 129 (6.3) | 56 (6.9) |
| Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| NH White | 2526 (79.8) | 2133 (88.0) | 1858 (91.1) | 752 (92.0) |
| NH Black | 168 (5.3) | 77 (3.2) | 43 (2.1) | 12 (1.5) |
| Hispanic (all races) | 177 (5.6) | 67 (2.8) | 29 (1.4) | 10 (1.2) |
| NH Asian | 131 (4.1 | 70 (2.9) | 57 (2.8) | 18 (2.2) |
| NH othera | 71 (2.2) | 30 (1.2) | 16 (0.8) | 10 (1.2) |
| Declined/unavailable | 93 (2.9) | 47 (1.9) | 36 (1.8) | 15 (1.8) |
| Patient portal enrolment, n (%) | ||||
| Yes (active) | 2152 (68.0) | 1695 (69.9) | 1293 (63.4) | 400 (49.0) |
| No (inactive) | 1014 (32.0) | 729 (30.1) | 746 (36.6) | 417 (51.0) |
| Insurance, n (%) | ||||
| Commercial | 2407 (76.0) | 443 (18.3) | 115 (5.6) | 33 (4.0) |
| Medicaid | 342 (10.8) | 22 (0.9) | 20 (1.0) | 8 (1.0) |
| Medicare | 383 (12.1) | 1950 (80.4) | 1904 (93.4) | 775 (94.9) |
| Uninsured | 17 (0.5) | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Unavailable | 17 (0.5) | 6 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| Median annual household income in USDb | 94 713 ± 35 579 | 96 104 ± 34 673 | 100 675 ± 36 523 | 100 770 ± 36 852 |
NH, non-Hispanic.
a
NH other includes the following racial categories: Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Alaska Native.
b
Median household income assessed were acquired from US Census Bureau zip code data, 2018.