Factors associated with telemedicine utilization among post-transplant patients at a university kidney and pancreas transplant center.
Clin Transplant
; 36(4): e14578, 2022 04.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1639017
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Telemedicine has become prevalent during the novel-coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study explored patient factors associated with telemedicine utilization among post-kidney and pancreas transplant patients at a university center. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
After analyzing 2801 patients and their visits using chi-square test and logistic regression, we found that government-insured (P < .0001) post-kidney and pancreas transplant patients were less likely to use telemedicine. Sex (P = .748), patient race (P = .920), age groups (P = .812), and traveling distance (P = .837) were not associated with telemedicine use.CONCLUSION:
Centers should consider focusing on the subgroup of government-insured patients to improve telemedicine use and future studies should consider exploring barriers for underutilization of telemedicine in this population.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telemedicine
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Transplant
Journal subject:
Transplantation
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ctr.14578
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