Table 2.
Characteristics of patients who visited a primary care provider between March 14, 2020 and June 30, 2020, by visit type n= 115,670
| Variable | Patients with a clinic visit and no virtual care visit n = 15,022 |
Patients with at least one virtual care visit n = 27,625 |
Patients with no visits n = 73,023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female (vs. male) patients, n (%) | 8271 (55.1%) | 16,562 (60.0%) | 37,707 (51.7%) |
| Patient age, mean (SD) | 40.7 (25.5) | 48.7 (23.7) | 38.0 (24.9) |
| Patient age, n (%) | |||
| ≤ 18 years | 3691 (24.6%) | 3709 (13.4%) | 20,565 (28.2%) |
| 19–39 years | 3594 (23.9%) | 6121 (22.2%) | 19,891 (27.2%) |
| 40–59 years | 3572 (23.8%) | 7318 (26.5%) | 16,104 (22.1%) |
| 60 + years | 4165 (27.7%) | 10,477 (37.9%) | 16,463 (22.5%) |
| Annual visit frequency, n (%) | |||
| < 2 visits | 3364 (22.4%) | 3679 (13.3%) | 32,968 (45.2%) |
| 2–5 visits | 5462 (36.4%) | 8750 (31.7%) | 27,518 (37.7%) |
| 5–10 visits | 3960 (26.4%) | 8936 (32.4%) | 9504 (13.0%) |
| ≥ 10 visits | 2236 (14.9%) | 6260 (22.7%) | 3033 (4.2%) |
| Number of comorbidities, n (%) | |||
| 0 | 7471 (49.7%) | 8974 (32.5%) | 48,350 (66.2%) |
| 1–2 | 6733 (44.8%) | 15,787 (57.2%) | 22,597 (31.0%) |
| ≥3 | 818 (5.5%) | 2864 (10.4%) | 2076 (2.8%) |
| Annual number of prescriptions, n (%) | |||
| 0 medications | 2919 (19.4%) | 2148 (7.8%) | 36,066 (49.4%) |
| 1–4 medications | 7087 (47.2%) | 11,516 (41.7%) | 29,760 (40.8%) |
| 5–9 medications | 2431 (16.2%) | 6104 (22.1%) | 4539 (6.2%) |
| ≥10 medications | 2585 (17.2%) | 7857 (28.4%) | 2658 (3.6%) |