Trends in Outpatient Telemedicine Utilization Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, 2010 to 2019

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Examines the growth of telehealth utilization among rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2010-2019. Compares telehealth use across beneficiaries with a severe mental illness diagnosis, other mental health diagnoses, and with no mental health diagnoses. Describes trends for mental health versus non-mental health visits and across clinician specialties. Presents data on rural Medicare beneficiary characteristics with and without a telemedicine visit in 2019, including age, race and ethnicity, sex, U.S. Census division, and more.

Michael L. Barnett, Haiden A. Huskamp, Alisa B. Bush, et al.

JAMA Health Forum, 2(10), e213282

10/2021

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Mental health · Mental health conditions · Outpatient care · Statistics and data · Telehealth