Table 1:

Demographics of study participants (n= 208)

Characteristic	Overall (n= 208) %	Age 65–74 (n=109; 52.4%) %	Age ≥ 75 (N=99; 47.6%) %	p value
Female	61.5	58.7	64.7	0.38
Race:
White Non-Hispanic	91.4	89.9	92.9	0.23
Black Non-Hispanic	5.3	6.4	4.0
Hispanic	0	0	0
Other race	3.4	3.7	3.0
Education
High school or less	10.1	9.2	11.1	0.61
Some college	16.8	15.7	19.2
College Graduate	29.3	33.0	25.3
Master’s/Professional Degree	43.8	43.1	44.4
Annual Household Income (n=201, 103 65–74)				0.93
≤/= $65,000	21.4	21.4	21.4
$66,000–100,000	19.9	21.4	18.4
> $100,000	29.9	28.2	31.6
Prefers not to answer/Don’t know	28.9	29.1	28.6
Insurance
Medicaid+Medicare	7.7	8.3	7.1	0.19
Medicare+Private or Medicare HMO	82.2	81.7	82.8
Medicare +State/Federal	6.7	4.6	9.1
Private only	3.4	5.5	1.0
PCP setting†
Academic	61.5	60.6	62.6	0.76
Community	38.5	39.5	37.4
Type of telemedicine visit
Phone only	47.2	47.7	46.5	0.87
Video only	23.1	23.9	22.2
Both	29.8	28.4	31.3
Length of telemedicine visit on average				0.89
15 minutes or less	44.7	43.1	46.5
20-<30 minutes	30.3	32.1	28.3
30 minutes or longer	19.2	18.4	20.2
Unsure	5.8	6.4	5.1
Time period of participation				0.61
April 2020 to December 2020	43.3	45.0	41.4
January 2021 to August 2021	56.7	55.1	58.6
Marital status
Married/significant other	63.5	67.0	59.6	0.27
Other	36.5	33.0	40.4
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0	35.6	35.8	35.4	0.74
1	20.7	18.4	23.2
2+	43.8	45.9	41.4
Life expectancy score on Schonberg index (n=204) ‡	5.4 (+/−3.2)	3.7 (+/−2.6)	7.3 (+/−2.7)	<0.0001
Needs help with routine needs (n=205)	5.4	4.7	6.1	0.65
Needs help with bathing (n=206)	2.4	1.9	3.2	0.58
Lives alone	28.4	27.5	29.3	0.78
How often do you have someone help you read hospital materials? (n=203) Sometimes to always	7.2	4.6	10.1	0.12
Access to computer or cellphone with internet	93.8	93.6	93.9	0.91
Survey completed:
By phone	15.4	12.8	18.2	0.29
Web-link	84.6	87.2	81.8
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Survey completion time, minutes	31.5 (23.0, 52.5)	30.0 (23.0, 47.0)	32.0 (34.0, 57.0)	0.38
By phone	32.0 (25.0, 44.5)	35.5 (25.0, 50.0)	28.5(25.0, 42.0)	0.44
Web-link	31.0 (23.0, 55.6)	30.0(23.0, 47.0)	33.0(23.0, 63.0)	0.25
Days from telemedicine visit to survey completion	101.5 (59.5, 204.0)	98.0 (60.0–173.0)	118.0 (59.0, 228.0)	0.39

^*For race/ethnicity, 195 participants self-reported their race/ethnicity and for 13 information was obtained from the demographics sheet in the online medical record.

^†Abbreviations: PCP=primary care physician, IQR=Interquartile range

^‡Schonberg index: Scores ≥10 are associated with ≥50% chance of 10 year mortality.¹⁹