2020
DOI: 10.2196/23176
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Disparities in Video and Telephone Visits Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Analysis

Abstract: This survey was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. Data were collected using the AmeriSpeak panel, NORC's probability based panel designed to be representative of the U.S. household population. Panel members were randomly drawn from AmeriSpeak. The final stage completion rate is 33.9%. The overall margin of sampling error is +/-4.28 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect. The margin of sampling error may be higher for subgroups. Once the sample has been s… Show more

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“…This is despite the fact that video visits were longer, and more diagnoses were discussed between the physician and the patient during video visits. 16 Racial and income disparities with respect to use of telemedicine have been shown using employer-sponsored insurance claims data with patients living in zip codes with lower income or majority racial/ ethnic populations experiencing lower adoption of telemedicine. 17 These disparities stress the importance of outreach to specific communities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is despite the fact that video visits were longer, and more diagnoses were discussed between the physician and the patient during video visits. 16 Racial and income disparities with respect to use of telemedicine have been shown using employer-sponsored insurance claims data with patients living in zip codes with lower income or majority racial/ ethnic populations experiencing lower adoption of telemedicine. 17 These disparities stress the importance of outreach to specific communities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of adapting to technological advances, adults may benefit from becoming proficient with using a smartphone (e.g., Charness & Boot, 2009), accessing digital medical records (e.g., Levy et al, 2015), identifying fake news from real news on social media (e.g., Grinberg et al, 2019), and avoiding online scams (e.g., Burnes et al, 2017). Recently, due to COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions, an increasing number of doctor's appointments are held online via telehealth apps (e.g., Schifeling et al, 2020;Wosik et al, 2020), in addition to medical care providers using and sharing digitized medical records with patients (e.g., Malhotra & Lassiter, 2014). In some areas, ride-hailing apps (e.g., Uber/Lyft) may provide expanded travel access to older adults with restricted mobility (e.g., Vivoda et al, 2018).…”
Section: Learning New Skills and Content Is An Important Privilege Inmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Due to people's interest in the transition from traditional care to digital care, which has considerably increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence related to HCPs', patients', and caregivers' experiences with this transition has been emerging in various fields of medicine [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. A variety of health care providers have shown increasing interest in the possibilities of digital health.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%