Table 1.
Study population
| All patients n (%) | Patients with >1 in-person visita |
Patients with >1 telemedicine visita |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at first encounter | |||
| Infant (<1 year) | 316 (6.2) | 304 (6.3) | 15 (5.1) |
| Preschool-aged (1–6 years) | 1050 (20.7) | 991 (20.4) | 72 (24.7) |
| School-aged (7–12 years) | 1859 (36.6) | 1785 (36.8) | 107 (36.6) |
| Adolescent (13–18 years) | 1858 (36.6) | 1777 (36.6) | 98 (33.6) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 2396 (47.1) | 2298 (47.3) | 132 (45.2) |
| Female | 2687 (52.9) | 2559 (52.7) | 160 (54.8) |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 1828 (36.0) | 1824 (37.6) | 9 (3.1) |
| Public | 3255 (64.0) | 3033 (62.5) | 283 (96.9) |
| Distance to specialist | |||
| 30 miles or fewer | 2704 (53.2) | 2703 (55.6) | 2 (0.7) |
| 31–60 miles | 1008 (19.8) | 1006 (20.7) | 2 (0.7) |
| 61–100 miles | 540 (10.6) | 509 (10.5) | 43 (14.7) |
| >100 miles | 831 (16.4) | 639 (13.2) | 245 (83.9) |
| Mean (SD) | 53.9 (62.8) | 48.8 (57.9) | 160.9 (63.8) |
| Number of visits scheduled | |||
| 1 | 962 (18.9) | 898 (18.4) | 69 (23.6) |
| >1 | 4121 (81.1) | 3964 (81.6) | 223 (76.4) |
| Median (IQR) | 4 (2,10) | 4 (2,11) | 3 (2,6) |
| Total | 5,083 | 4,857 | 292 |
IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation.
a
Patients who scheduled both a telemedicine and an in-person visit (n=66) are represented in all three columns.