Telemedicine Disparities in Ambulatory Cardiology Visits in a Large Academic Health System
Authors' conclusion
We identified sociodemographic disparities in telemedicine visit modality in a large outpatient cardiology population.
Study context
- Population
- Adult outpatient cardiology telemedicine patients, large academic health center, 2020–2021
- Participants
- 39,381 patients · 47,961 encounters
- Exposure
- Audio-only vs video telemedicine visits, by sociodemographic characteristics
- Outcome
- Visit modality, video vs audio-only (first telemedicine encounter)
Methodological detailssingle academic health system
- Single academic health system
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Audio-only visit modality
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age >75 yearshighest odds by age
3.4(2.8–4.2)
Non-White race
1.2(1.1–1.3)
Medicaidlack of private insurance
2.8(2.5–3.1)
Medicarelack of private insurance
1.7(1.5–1.8)
Social deprivation index 5 (most deprived)
2.0(1.9–2.2)
- Audio-only encounters, of all encounters
- 20.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Telemedicine Disparities in Ambulatory Cardiology Visits in a Large Academic Health System. JACC Adv. Published 26 July 2024. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it