Comparison of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits With Primary Care Visits

Tara Jain; Ateev Mehrotra

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28392

Comparison of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits With Primary Care Visits

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2028392. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28392.

Authors

Tara Jain¹, Ateev Mehrotra^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Health Care Policy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study compares patients who used a direct-to-consumer telemedicine service with patients who used primary care visits in the 20 US states where the service was available.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Primary Health Care / methods
Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Telemedicine / methods
Telemedicine / statistics & numerical data*