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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Apr 13;70(6):1620–1628. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17805

Table 2.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics: Medical Care Delay and Impact of Pandemic on Physical Health

	N	%
Delayed medical care since pandemic started	2,445
No		67.2
Yes		32.8
Has R completed care that was delayed?^a	762
Yes, I completed all of it		29.6
Yes, I completed some of it		46.9
No, I completed none of it		23.5
Completed delayed care by phone^a	590
No		73.9
Yes		26.1
Completed delayed care by video calls/telehealth^a	590
No		75.7
Yes		24.3
Completed delayed care by emails, texts, or MyChart^a	590
No		92.3
Yes		7.7
Completed delayed care by in-person visits^a	590
No		12.2
Yes		87.8
Did delayed care negatively affect health?^a	725
Yes		17.6
No		56.9
Don’t know		25.5
Physical health currently better or worse as before the COVID-19 pandemic	2,441
Better		5.5
Worse		10.2
About the same		84.3

Note.

Respondents were only asked these questions if they reported they had delayed any type of care (medical, vision, and/or dental) during the pandemic.