Table 4.

Coefficient estimates of independent variables across the 13 identified topics.

Independent variables	Topic 1: virtual visits, β; P value	Topic 2: benefits of telehealth, β; P value	Topic 3: criticisms of telehealth, β; P value	Topic 4: payment of services, β; P value	Topic 5: telehealth over the phone, β; P value	Topic 6: legal dispositions for telehealth, β; P value	Topic 7: practice of medicine, β; P value	Topic 8: Moving consultations into patients’ home, β; P value	Topic 9: impact on patient-physician relationship, β; P value	Topic 10: impact on physical examination, β; P value	Topic 11: impact on quality of care, β; P value	Topic 12: patient appointment and follow-up, β; P value	Topic 13: telehealth for remote and rural areas, β; P value
During vs before pandemic	0.05; .002a	–0.03; .04b	0.10; .04b	0.02; .31	0.04; .01a	–0.01; .45	–0.06; <.001a	0.07; <.001a	–0.02; .09	–0.04; .02b	–0.04; .01a	0.01; .48	0.08; <.001a
Sentiment score	0.04; .32	0.35; <.001a	–0.14; <.001a	0; .97	–0.03; .38	0; .98	0.05; .25	0.04; .25	–0.08; .03b	–0.06; .12	–0.12; <.001a	–0.03; .19	–0.02; .56
Pandemicb sentiment score	0.06; .38	–0.19; .004a	0.05; .42	0.05; .48	–0.05; .43	0; .97	0; .99	0.02; .79	–0.02; .80	–0.03; .61	0.12; .04b	–0.01; .89	0; .98
Residence: non-US vs US	–0.02; .29	0.01; .46	–0.03; .19	–0.06; .004a	–0.01; .63	–0.06; .002a	0.15; <.001a	0.02; .28	–0.01; .59	–0.04; .04b	–0.01; .63	0.02; .19	0.01; .67
Nurse vs physician	–0.02; .22	0.03; .09	–0.06; .002a	–0.04; .05	0.03; .08	–0.03; .20	–0.04; .05	0.04; .05	–0.01; .47	0.04; .05	0; .80	0.05; .004a	0; .84
Health administrator vs physician	–0.01; .71	0.03; .25	–0.06; .03b	0; .88	–0.02; .49	–0.03; .31	0.02; .62	0.04; .16	–0.02; .46	–0.03; .31	–0.03; .31	0.08; <.001a	0.02; .41
Other vs physician	0.03; .09	0.04; .04b	–0.01; .54	0; .98	0; .85	–0.02; .24	0.06; .01a	0.01; .70	–0.04; .03b	–0.04; .04b	0; .99	0; .86	–0.03; .11

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