Table 2.
Health system use and location of residence
| Variable | Predominantly in person |
Mixed |
Predominantly telemedicine |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| north, n = 3,375 | south, n = 38,421 | north, n = 1,501 | south, n = 4,567 | north, n = 3,252 | south, n = 4,808 | |
| Mean primary care visits | 11.9 (21.4) | 19.1 (41.5) | 9.5 (15.6) | 14.3 (27.2) | 9.1 (14.8) | 14.6 (27.5) |
| Mean number of emergency department visits | 21.5 (28.9) | 18.5 (28.8) | 27.7 (30.3) | 22.7 (29.0) | 32.3 (36.0) | 23.0 (27.9) |
| Mean number of hospitalizations | 5.3 (6.5) | 5.0 (7.2) | 5.2 (6.0) | 4.4 (5.8) | 5.0 (5.3) | 4.3 (5.0) |
| Mean days on buprenorphine* | 85.2 (193.5) | 53.5 (166.4) | 63.2 (162.1) | 34.0 (127.1) | 36.9 (121.8) | 24.0 (96.6) |
| Mean days on methadone* | 307.7 (434.4) | 384.3 (475.0) | 322.9 (412.6) | 405.5 (465.7) | 437 (471.4) | 449.7 (502.2) |
*
Subgroup analysis, n = 28,000.