Table 1 Patient demographics and encounter characteristics by visit type
From: The association between video or telephone telemedicine visit type and orders in primary care
% | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Total | Telephone visit | Video visit | |
Total | 273,301 (100) | 59.7 | 40.3 |
Age, years | |||
18–40 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 44.2 |
41–65 | 41.5 | 42.0 | 40.8 |
> 65 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.0 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
White | 48.3 | 48.7 | 47.8 |
Asian | 22.4 | 19.8 | 26.4 |
Hispanic | 20.1 | 21.9 | 17.4 |
Black | 7.3 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
Multiple/other | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
Unknown | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Sex | |||
Female | 59.3 | 60.3 | 58.0 |
Male | 40.7 | 39.7 | 42.0 |
Personal PCP | |||
Yes | 76.5 | 76.3 | 76.9 |
No | 23.5 | 23.7 | 23.1 |
Diagnosis group | |||
Abdominal pain | 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
Upper respiratory | 7.2 | 8.3 | 5.6 |
Mental health | 10.4 | 12.4 | 7.5 |
HTN & DM | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.8 |
General GI | 13.4 | 15.5 | 10.3 |
Back pain | 14.8 | 15.8 | 13.2 |
MSK pain | 17.1 | 16.6 | 17.9 |
Skin & soft tissue | 18.0 | 12.1 | 26.6 |