Analyzing disparities in access to teledermatology compared with dermatology clinic visits before, during, and after COVID-19 quarantine

Jallow, Mariama; Ewulu, Adaora; Ajilore, Priscilla Olabimpe; Hussain, Aamir; Geng, Xue; Cardis, Michael A.

doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2022.10.006

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Teledermatology Lessons During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brown,

Dobry

2023

Curr Derm Rep

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Teledermatology Lessons During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brown,

Dobry

2023

Curr Derm Rep

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AI-based Paediatric Teledermatology Analysis and Proposed Framework

Andryani,

Achmad,

Ario

et al. 2023

2023 IEEE International Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology Conference (IBITeC)

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The role of increasing synchronous telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic on disparities in access to healthcare: A systematic review

Ternes,

Lavin,

Vakkalanka

et al. 2024

J Telemed Telecare

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Introduction The COVID-19 public health emergency led to an unprecedented rapid increase in telehealth use, but the role of telehealth in reducing disparities in access to care has been questioned. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to summarize the available evidence on how telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with telehealth utilization for minority groups and its role in health disparities. Methods We conducted a systematic review focused on health equity and access to care by searching for interventional and observational studies using the following four search domains: telehealth, COVID-19, health equity, and access to care. We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, CINAHL, telehealth.hhs.gov, and the Rural Health Research Gateway, and included any study that reported quantitative results with a control group. Results Our initial search yielded 1970 studies, and we included 48 in our final review. The most common dimensions of health equity studied were race/ethnicity, rurality, insurance status, language, and socioeconomic status, and the telehealth applications studied were diverse. Included studies had a moderate risk of bias. In aggregate, most studies reported increased telehealth use during the pandemic, with the greatest increase in non-minority populations, including White, younger, English-speaking people from urban areas. Discussion We found that despite rapid adoption and increased telehealth use during the public health emergency, telehealth did not reduce existing disparities in access to care. We recommend that future work measuring the impact of telehealth focus on equity so that features of telehealth innovation can reduce disparities in health outcomes.

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Analyzing disparities in access to teledermatology compared with dermatology clinic visits before, during, and after COVID-19 quarantine

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Teledermatology Lessons During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Teledermatology Lessons During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AI-based Paediatric Teledermatology Analysis and Proposed Framework

The role of increasing synchronous telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic on disparities in access to healthcare: A systematic review

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