Table 1. Short-term, Long-term, and Preventive Diagnoses During a Total of 1.49 Million Office-Based and Telemedicine Visits Across All Specialties in the US From 2018 to 2020a.
| Care | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/2019 (mean) visits, No. (range) | 2020 (mean) Visits, No. (range) | Change, % | 2018/2019 (mean) Visits, No. | 2020 (mean) Visits, No. (range) | Change, % | 2018/2019 (mean) Visits, No. (range) | 2020 (mean) Visits, No. (range) | Change, %b | 2018/2019 (mean) Visits, No. (range) | 2020 (mean) Visits, No. (range) | Change, % | |
| Office-based care | ||||||||||||
| Total visits | 128.4 (122.8 to 133.9) | 114.8 (109.7 to 120.0) | −10.6 | 131.7 (126.0 to 137.4) | 66.0 (62.5 to 69.5) | −49.9 | 132.0 (126.3 to 137.7) | 85.7 (81.6 to 89.8) | −35.1 | 128.7 (123.1 to 134.3) | 72.2 (68.4 to 75.6) | −43.9 |
| Short term | 30.2 (27.8 to 32.6) | 28.2 (25.8 to 30.5) | −6.7 | 29.9 (28.0 to 31.8) | 14.2 (12.8 to 15.6) | −52.6 | 27.3 (25.1 to 29.4) | 17.7 (15.9 to 19.4) | −35.2 | 28.6 (26.3 to 30.8) | 19.6 (17.7 to 21.6) | −31.3 |
| Long term | 82.2 (78.4 to 85.9) | 73.6 (69.8 to 77.3) | −11.3 | 84.7 (80.8 to 88.5) | 39.5 (36.7 to 42.3) | −53.4 | 85.5 (81.5 to 89.4) | 51.5 (48.5 to 54.5) | −53.8 | 83.5 (79.7 to 87.4) | 38.9 (26.2 to 41.7) | −53.5 |
| Preventive | 27.1 (25.0 to 29.3) | 24.0 (22.1 to 26.0) | −11.4 | 29.5 (27.2 to 31.8) | 18.4 (16.5 to 20.2) | −18.6 | 31.6 (29.4 to 33.7) | 24.0 (22.0 to 25.9) | −24.0 | 29.1 (29.4 to 33.7) | 14.9 (13.4 to 16.4) | −48.9 |
| Telemedicine care | ||||||||||||
| Total visits | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.2) | 4.8 (3.8 to 5.6) | +178.2 | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.0) | 40.3 (37.8 to 42.3) | +2401.0 | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.1) | 24.9 (22.7 to 26.9) | +1470.0 | 1.5 (1.1 to 1.9) | 22.7 (20.9 to 24.6) | +1435.2 |
| Short term | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.5) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.6) | +232.3 | 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) | 9.9 (8.5 to 11.2) | +3003.1 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) | 6.1 (5.1 to 7.0) | +1370.0 | 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) | 7.6 (6.4 to 8.8) | +2100.5 |
| Long term | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.6) | 3.6 (2.8 to 4.3) | +2455.0 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.6) | 32.9 (30.6 to 35.2) | +2504.5 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) | 20.2 (18.5 to 21.8) | +1711.8 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) | 14.8 (13.3 to 16.3) | +1227.3 |
| Preventive | 0.1 (0.05 to 0.15) | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.03) | −81.8 | 0.08 (0.04 to 0.1) | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) | +1277.3 | 0.08 (0.04 to 0. 1) | 0.8 (527 to 1117) | +945.0 | 0.1 (45 to 151) | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.7) | +811.0 |
| All care | ||||||||||||
| Total visits | 130.1 (124.4 to 135.7) | 119.6 (114.2 to 124.9) | −8.1 | 133.3 (127.5 to 139.1) | 106.4 (101.6 to 111.1) | −20.2 | 133.6 (127.8 to 139.3) | 110.6 (105.6 to 115.5) | −17.2 | 130.2 (124.5 to 135.8) | 94.9 (90.6 to 99.2) | −27.1 |
| Short term | 30.6 (28.5 to 32.6) | 29.4 (27.0 to 31.8) | −3.7 | 30.2 (28.2 to 32.3) | 24.1 (22.1 to 26.0) | −20.4 | 27.7 (25.5 to 29.8) | 23.7 (21.8 to 25.6) | −14.3 | 28.9 (26.6 to 31.2) | 27.1 (24.9 to 29.3) | −6.7 |
| Long term | 84.2 (80.4 to 88.0) | 77.1 (73.2 to 81.0) | −8.4 | 85.9 (82.0 to 89.9) | 72.4 (68.7 to 76.0) | −15.8 | 86.6 (82.6 to 90.5) | 71.7 (68.1 to 75.3) | −17.2 | 84.7 (80.8 to 88.5) | 53.6 (50.5 to 56.7) | −36.6 |
| Preventive | 27.2 (25.1 to 29.4) | 28.1 (25.8 to 30.4) | +3.3 | 29.6 (27.2 to 31.9) | 19.5 (17.5 to 21.4) | −34.2 | 31.6 (29.5 to 33.8) | 24.8 (22.8 to 29.8) | −21.6 | 29.1 (26.8 to 31.4) | 15.4 (13.9 to 16.9) | −47.3 |
a
Estimates are based on a combination of the top 100 office-based and telemedicine diagnoses. Numbers in parentheses represent 95% CIs. Source: IQVIA National Disease and Therapeutic Index, 2018 to 2020.
b
Percentage change calculated as difference between a given quarter and the mean visit volume for that same quarter in 2018 and 2019.