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. 2021 Jan;174(1):129-131.
doi: 10.7326/M20-3026. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

Reduced In-Person and Increased Telehealth Outpatient Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aaron Baum  1 , Peter J Kaboli  2 , Mark D Schwartz  3
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Reduced In-Person and Increased Telehealth Outpatient Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aaron Baum et al. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Jan.
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Number of VA outpatient visits per week in 2016 to 2019 and 2020.
The solid line represents the total number of VA outpatient (any, in-person, video, and telephone) visits per week during 2020. The dashed line represents the weekly mean of the total number of VA outpatient (any, in-person, video, and telephone) visits per week in 2016 to 2019. Multiple outpatient records for the same person that shared the same date, clinic site, and primary clinic stop code were counted as 1 visit. The vertical line represents the week in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; VA = U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Percentage of change in in-person and telehealth outpatient visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, by VA clinic.
Each circle represents a clinic, and the area of the circle is proportionate to the clinic's size (defined as number of unique patients who visited the clinic during 2019). The horizontal gray lines along the y-axis show the univariate distribution of the percentage of change in telephone and video visits across clinics, and the vertical gray lines along the x-axis show the univariate distribution of the percentage of change in in-person visits across clinics. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; VA = U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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