. 2021 Aug 3;21:765. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06746-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients in western Tennessee using both telemedicine and in-person care, only telemedicine, only in-person, or no office-based care after March 13th, 2020

	All patients with at least one in-person visit before March 13th, 2020	All patients using in-person care and telemedicine after March 13th, 2020	All patients using only telemedicine after March 13th, 2020	All patients using only in-person care after March 13th, 2020	Patients getting no office-based care after March 13th, 2020
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Total Population	40,711 (75)	3199 (5)	993 (2)	32,430 (60)	18,930 (35)
Mean Age (SD)	56 (19)	54 (19)	51 (19)^a	55 (19)^a	53 (19)^a
Race
White	32,319 (79)	1481 (86)^a	434 (88)^a	15,449 (79)^a	14,955 (79)^a
Black	7387 (18)	229 (13)^a	49 (10)^a	3744 (19)^a	3365 (18)^a
Other	454 (1)	10 (1)^a	3 (1)^a	195 (1)^a	246 (1)^a
Missing	541 (1)	9 (1)^a	5 (1)^a	173 (1)^a	354 (2)^a
Gender
Female	24,270 (60)	1091 (63)	283 (58)	11,526 (59)^a	11,525 (59)
Patient Language
English	40,541 (100)	1723 (99)^a	488 (99)	19,513 (99)^a	18,817 (99)^a
Other	36 (< 1)	2 (< 1)^a	0	17 (< 1)^a	17 (< 1)^a
Unknown	125 (< 1)	4 (1)^a	3 (< 1)	31 (< 1)^a	87 (1)^a
Insurance Type
Commercial	15,770 (39)	755 (44)^a	259 (53)^a	7189 (37)^a	7567 (40)^a
Medicaid	3404 (8)	103 (6)^a	28 (6)^a	1566 (8)^a	1707 (9)^a
Medicare	10,959 (27)	506 (29)^a	117 (20)^a	5860 (30)^a	4476 (24)^a
Medicare Adv.	7022 (17)	260 (15)^a	50 (10)^a	3777 (19)^a	2935 (16)^a
Other	341 (1)	17 (1)^a	3 (1)^a	165 (1)^a	156 (1)^a
Self-Pay	3215 (8)	88 (5)^a	34 (7)^a	1005 (5)^a	2089 (11)^a
Broadband Access
80 to 100%	29,535 (72)	1656 (69)^a	655 (66)^a	23,542 (73)^a	14,016 (73)^a
60 to 80%	5965 (15)	335 (14)^a	163 (16)^a	4916 (15)^a	2611 (14)^a
40 to 60%	3203 (8)	223 (9)^a	101 (10)^a	2429 (7)^a	1563 (8)^a
20 to 40%	510 (1)	20 (1)^a	10 (1)^a	431 (1)^a	262 (1)^a
0 to 20%	1601 (4)	149 (6)^a	66 (7)^a	1164 (4)^a	822 (4)^a
HRSA Category
Non-Rural	516 (1)	9 (1)^a	3 (1)^a	279 (1)^a	225 (1)^a
Partially Rural	10,340 (25)	742 (43)^a	218 (44)^a	4361 (23)^a	5019 (27)^a
Rural	29,855 (73	978 (56)^a	270 (55)^a	14,921 (76)^a	13,686 (72)^a
Mean pcHPSA (SD)	15 (3)	16 (3)^a	16 (3)^a	15 (3)^a	15 (3)
Mean Median HH Income (SD)	52,085 (20,797)^a	46,838 (18,146)^a	45,565 (17,036)^a	53,190 (21,263)^a	51,549 (20,485)^a
Mean proportion with BA (SD)	23 (13)	21 (11)^a	20 (10)^a	23 (13)^a	23 (12)^a

^ap < 0.05, the reference group consists of all patients seen at least once between March 13th, 2019 and March 13 ^th, 2021