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. 2022 Jan 13;82:102581. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102581

Table 4.

Effect of social distancing policies and COVID-19 exposure on in-person office visit and telemedicine utilization.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
In-person office visits Telemedicine
Panel A: Level changes
post shelter in place −69.40*** −51.28*** −16.99*** 53.64*** 35.77*** 8.153**
(13.94) (8.937) (4.380) (11.58) (6.745) (3.300)
Weeks since first case FE X X X X
Weeks since first death FE X X X X
Year X Week FE X X
Observations 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685
R-squared 0.725 0.729 0.751 0.387 0.425 0.595
baseline mean 161.8 161.8 161.8 1.4 1.4 1.4

Panel B: Log changes

post shelter in place −0.444*** −0.391*** −0.105*** 1.935*** 0.980*** 0.426***
(0.0195) (0.0407) (0.0212) (0.0886) (0.109) (0.0660)
Weeks since first case FE X X X X
Weeks since first death FE X X X X
Year X Week FE X X
Observations 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685 3567,685
R-squared 0.937 0.941 0.945 0.794 0.810 0.856

Caption: Baseline means are calculated based on the ninth week of 2019. Regression models were estimated using ordinary least squares. Regression models include controls for the patient's age and gender, and fixed effects for week and county. The outcome measure is the number of patients, and all models are weighted for the total number of eligible enrollees. Standard errors are clustered at the county level. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1.