Table 4.
Associations of Demographic Factors with Primary Care Non-attendance by Visit Modality, Elective Telehealth Period
| In-person visit (N=492,254) | Telephone visit (N =305,197) | Video visit (N =26,232) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of non-attendance | ||
| Age, years | |||
| 18–44 | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| 45–64 | 0.78 [0.76, 0.80] | 0.94 [0.91, 0.97] | 1.11 [1.01, 1.23] |
| ≥65 | 0.70 [0.68, 0.72] | 1.01 [0.97, 1.06] | 1.33 [1.14, 1.56] |
| Sex | |||
| Female | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Male | 1.30 [1.28, 1.33] | 1.34 [1.31, 1.37] | 1.58 [1.44, 1.72] |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Black | 0.94 [0.91, 0.97] | 1.05 [1.00, 1.09] | 1.14 [0.97, 1.34] |
| Hispanic | 0.86 [0.81, 0.90] | 0.95 [0.89, 1.02] | 1.19 [0.93, 1.53] |
| Asian | 0.53 [0.50, 0.55] | 0.71 [0.67, 0.75] | 0.42 [0.34, 0.51] |
| Something else | 0.87 [0.83, 0.90] | 0.98 [0.94, 1.03] | 0.75 [0.63, 0.89] |
| Primary language | |||
| English | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Spanish | 0.74 [0.70, 0.77] | 0.99 [0.93, 1.05] | 1.25 [0.99, 1.57] |
| Something else | 0.81 [0.78, 0.84] | 1.05 [1.00, 1.10] | 1.93 [1.62, 2.31] |
| Insurance | |||
| Commercial | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Medicaid | 1.51 [1.47, 1.55] | 1.16 [1.12, 1.20] | 1.31 [1.17, 1.47] |
| Medicare | 1.50 [1.44, 1.56] | 1.12 [1.07, 1.17] | 1.97 [1.64, 2.36] |
| Other | 1.26 [1.13, 1.40] | 1.14 [1.00, 1.31] | 1.46 [0.78, 2.72] |
| Uninsured | 1.67 [1.62, 1.72] | 1.43 [1.37, 1.49] | 1.60 [1.39, 1.85] |
| Elixhauser comorbidity count | |||
| 0 | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| 1 | 0.36 [0.35, 0.37] | 0.50 [0.49, 0.52] | 0.41 [0.36, 0.46] |
| ≥2 | 0.27 [0.27,0.28] | 0.40 [0.39, 0.41] | 0.28 [0.25, 0.32] |