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Table 1 Characteristics of patients in western Tennessee using both telemedicine and in-person care, only telemedicine, only in-person, or no office-based care after March 13th, 2020

From: The Association of Broadband Internet Access and Telemedicine Utilization in rural Western Tennessee: an observational study

 

All patients with at least one in-person visit before March 13th, 2020

All patients using in-person care and telemedicine after March 13th, 2020

All patients using only telemedicine after March 13th, 2020

All patients using only in-person care after March 13th, 2020

Patients getting no office-based care after March 13th, 2020

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Total Population

40,711 (75)

3199 (5)

993 (2)

32,430 (60)

18,930 (35)

Mean Age (SD)

56 (19)

54 (19)

51 (19)a

55 (19)a

53 (19)a

Race

 White

32,319 (79)

1481 (86)a

434 (88)a

15,449 (79)a

14,955 (79)a

 Black

7387 (18)

229 (13)a

49 (10)a

3744 (19)a

3365 (18)a

 Other

454 (1)

10 (1)a

3 (1)a

195 (1)a

246 (1)a

 Missing

541 (1)

9 (1)a

5 (1)a

173 (1)a

354 (2)a

Gender

 Female

24,270 (60)

1091 (63)

283 (58)

11,526 (59)a

11,525 (59)

Patient Language

 English

40,541 (100)

1723 (99)a

488 (99)

19,513 (99)a

18,817 (99)a

 Other

36 (<  1)

2 (<  1)a

0

17 (< 1)a

17 (<  1)a

 Unknown

125 (<  1)

4 (1)a

3 (< 1)

31 (< 1)a

87 (1)a

Insurance Type

 Commercial

15,770 (39)

755 (44)a

259 (53)a

7189 (37)a

7567 (40)a

 Medicaid

3404 (8)

103 (6)a

28 (6)a

1566 (8)a

1707 (9)a

 Medicare

10,959 (27)

506 (29)a

117 (20)a

5860 (30)a

4476 (24)a

 Medicare Adv.

7022 (17)

260 (15)a

50 (10)a

3777 (19)a

2935 (16)a

 Other

341 (1)

17 (1)a

3 (1)a

165 (1)a

156 (1)a

 Self-Pay

3215 (8)

88 (5)a

34 (7)a

1005 (5)a

2089 (11)a

Broadband Access

 80 to 100%

29,535 (72)

1656 (69)a

655 (66)a

23,542 (73)a

14,016 (73)a

 60 to 80%

5965 (15)

335 (14)a

163 (16)a

4916 (15)a

2611 (14)a

 40 to 60%

3203 (8)

223 (9)a

101 (10)a

2429 (7)a

1563 (8)a

 20 to 40%

510 (1)

20 (1)a

10 (1)a

431 (1)a

262 (1)a

 0 to 20%

1601 (4)

149 (6)a

66 (7)a

1164 (4)a

822 (4)a

HRSA Category

 Non-Rural

516 (1)

9 (1)a

3 (1)a

279 (1)a

225 (1)a

 Partially Rural

10,340 (25)

742 (43)a

218 (44)a

4361 (23)a

5019 (27)a

 Rural

29,855 (73

978 (56)a

270 (55)a

14,921 (76)a

13,686 (72)a

Mean pcHPSA (SD)

15 (3)

16 (3)a

16 (3)a

15 (3)a

15 (3)

Mean Median HH Income (SD)

52,085 (20,797)a

46,838 (18,146)a

45,565 (17,036)a

53,190 (21,263)a

51,549 (20,485)a

Mean proportion with BA (SD)

23 (13)

21 (11)a

20 (10)a

23 (13)a

23 (12)a

  1. ap < 0.05, the reference group consists of all patients seen at least once between March 13th, 2019 and March 13 th, 2021