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Disparities in Virtual Cardiology Visits Among Veterans Health Administration Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Description
Presents the results of a study to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic, during the first year, influenced the digital divide for patients using virtual and video-based care in Veterans Health Administration (VA) cardiology clinics across the U.S. Study examined sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, drive time to care, geographic location – rural and urban – and encounter type to determine changes in access to care by video, phone, and face-to-face.
Author(s)
Rebecca L Tisdale, Jacqueline Ferguson, James Van Campen, et al.
Citation
JAMIA Open, 5(4)
Date
12/2022
Tagged as
Access · Cardiovascular disease · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans