ABSTRACT
Telemedicine is a way for health care providers to deliver clinical health care to patients remotely through a computer or telephone, without an in-person office visit (1). The demonstrated benefits of telemedicine include improved access to care, convenience, and slowing spread of infection (1,2). During the COVID-19 pandemic, legislation expanded coverage for telemedicine health care services (3). This report uses 2021 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data to describe the percentage of adults who used telemedicine in the past 12 months by sociodemographic and geographic characteristics.
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COVID-19 , Telemedicine , Adult , United States , Humans , Pandemics , COVID-19/epidemiology , Office Visits , Health ServicesABSTRACT
Objective-This report presents national estimates of telemedicine use for U.S. children in the 12 months before the interview, and because of the coronavirus pandemic.