TABLE 1.
Demographics of patients with headache encounter(s) served in the pre‐pandemic (August 2019–February 2020) and pandemic (March 2020–September 2020) across the 12 Veteran Health Administration’s Headache Centers of Excellence a
| Unique patients per period | Total unique in 14‐month period (N = 58,798) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre‐pandemic (August 2019–February 2020) (N = 44,669) | Pandemic (March 2020–September 2020) (N = 28,621) | |||
| Type of visit (yes vs. no) not mutually exclusive | ||||
| In‐person | 44,037 (98.6%) | 21,188 (74.0%) | 54,239 (81.0%) | <0.001 |
| VVC | 405 (0.9%) | 9563 (33.4%) | 9829 (16.7%) | <0.001 |
| CVT | 723 (1.6%) | 200 (0.7%) | 882 (1.5%) | <0.001 |
| Telephone | 174 (0.4%) | 2756 (9.6%) | 2884 (4.9%) | <0.001 |
| Age (by FY19) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 49.8 (14.9) | 49.0 (14.4) | 49.6 (15.0) | <0.001 |
| <45 | 18,218 (40.8%) | 12,246 (42.8%) | 24,439 (41.6%) | <0.001 |
| 45–64 | 17,995 (40.3%) | 11,700 (40.9%) | 23,346 (39.7%) | |
| ≥65 | 8456 (18.9%) | 4675 (16.3%) | 11,013 (18.7%) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Women | 11,672 (26.1%) | 8256 (28.8%) | 15,334 (26.1%) | <0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 24,690 (55.3%) | 15,149 (52.9%) | 32,237 (54.8%) | <0.001 |
| Black | 10,106 (22.6%) | 6522 (22.8%) | 13,152 (22.4%) | |
| Hispanic | 5894 (13.2%) | 4241 (14.8%) | 7986 (13.6%) | |
| Other | 3979 (8.9%) | 2709 (9.5%) | 5423 (9.2%) | |
| Rurality | ||||
| Rural | 8830 (19.8%) | 5071 (17.7%) | 11,347 (19.3%) | <0.001 |
| Urban | 35,820 (80.2%) | 23,542 (82.3%) | 47,428 (80.7%) | |
| Unknown | 19 (0.0%) | 8 (0.0%) | 23 (0.0%) | |
| Headache center | ||||
| Birmingham, AL | 3104 (6.9%) | 1640 (5.7%) | 3749 (6.4%) | <0.001 |
| Cleveland, OH | 4350 (9.7%) | 2414 (8.4%) | 5525 (9.4%) | |
| Minneapolis, MN | 3050 (6.8%) | 1603 (5.6%) | 3905 (6.6%) | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 1935 (4.3%) | 1004 (3.5%) | 2547 (4.3%) | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2123 (4.8%) | 1412 (4.9%) | 2860 (4.9%) | |
| Richmond, VA | 4119 (9.2%) | 2417 (8.4%) | 5188 (8.8%) | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 2729 (6.1%) | 1522 (5.3%) | 3483 (5.9%) | |
| San Antonio, TX | 6580 (14.7%) | 4565 (15.9%) | 8817 (15.0%) | |
| Tampa, FL | 5360 (12.0%) | 4138 (14.5%) | 7455 (12.7%) | |
| Orlando, FL | 5756 (12.9%) | 4145 (14.5%) | 7829 (13.3%) | |
| West Haven, CT | 1914 (4.3%) | 1073 (3.7%) | 2409 (4.1%) | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 3649 (8.2%) | 2688 (9.4%) | 5031 (8.6%) | |
Abbreviations: CVT, Clinical Video Telehealth; VVC, VA Video Connect.
a
Not mutually exclusive categories.