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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Sep 1;41(3):362–367. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001356

Table 3:

Comparison between unique patient encounters 3/15/20–6/15/20 according to visit format.

In-Office visit
(n=299)
Synchronous telehealth visit
(n=194)
p-value
Age in years (mean +/− SD) 49.7+/−18.9 51.0 +/− 18.3 0.46 (t-test)
Gender (female) 189 (63.2%) 119 (61.3%) 0.68 (CS)
Insurance 0.57 (CS)
Medicare 78 (26.1%) 56 (28.9%)
Commercial 164 (54.8%) 95 (49.0%)
Other government 50 (16.7%) 36 (18.6%)
Self pay 7 (2.3%) 7 (3.6%)
Distance in miles (median (range)) 29.6 (1.1–234) 26.2 (1.0–461) 0.84 (MW)
Visit type (New) 197 (65.9%) 95 (49.0%) <0.0005 (CS)
Diagnosis 0.219 (CS)
Afferent 191 (64.1%) 110 (56.7%)
Efferent 71 (23.8%) 59 (30.4%)
Other 36 (12.1%) 25 (12.9%)

CS = Chi-Squared test; MW = Mann-Whitney U test