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Table 2 Multivariable regression estimates of characteristics of patients in western Tennessee by remote and in-person care accessed after March 13th, 2020

From: The Association of Broadband Internet Access and Telemedicine Utilization in rural Western Tennessee: an observational study

Characteristic

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Both telemedicine and in-person care

Only telemedicine

Only in-person

No ambulatory care received

Age

 Age, by year

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)a

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)a

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)a

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)a

Race

 Black versus White

0.83 (0.72, 0.97)a

0.54 (0.42, 0.70)a

1.13 (1.07, 1.19)a

0.93 (0.88, 0.98)a

 Other versus White

0.44 (0.24, 0.84)a

0.86 (0.44, 1.67)

1.10 (0.93, 1.30)

1.00 (0.84, 1.19)

 Missing versus White

0.68 (0.42, 1.09)

1.37 (0.84, 2.25)

0.92 (0.81, 1.06)

1.12 (0.98, 1.29)

Gender

 Female

0.83 (0.75, 0.92)a

0.93 (0.80, 1.08)

1.09 (1.05, 1.14)a

0.95 (0.91, 0.98)a

Insurance

 Medicaid versus commercial

0.65 (0.53, 0.80)a

0.44 (0.31, 0.61)a

1.22 (1.13, 1.31)a

0.92 (0.85, 0.99)a

 Medicare versus commercial

0.83 (0.71, 0.96)a

0.70 (0.55, 0.89)a

1.01 (0.95, 1.07)

1.04 (0.98, 1.11)

 Medicare advantage versus commercial

0.64 (0.54, 0.75)a

0.50 (0.38, 0.65)a

1.18 (1.11, 1.25)a

0.94 (0.88, 1.00)a

 Self-Pay versus commercial

0.59 (0.47, 0.75)a

0.73 (0.55, 0.96)a

0.63 (0.58, 0.67)a

1.77 (1.64, 1.91)a

 Other versus commercial

1.29 (0.80, 2.07)

1.06 (0.52, 2.16)

0.95 (0.77, 1.18)

1.02 (0.82, 1.27)

Rural Status

 Partially versus rural county

2.58 (2.31, 2.89)a

2.64 (2.25, 3.11)a

0.61 (0.58, 0.64)a

1.29 (1.22, 1.35)a

 Non-rural versus rural county

0.75 (0.43, 1.30)

0.69 (0.26, 1.88)

1.09 (0.93, 1.28)

0.95 (0.80, 1.11)

pcHPSA score

1.06 (1.03, 1.08)a

0.96 (0.93, 0.99)a

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)a

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

Quintile of median household income

0.86 (0.80, 0.92)a

0.85 (0.78, 0.93)a

1.09 (1.06, 1.12)a

0.95 (0.93, 0.98)a

Quintile by percent of population with bachelor’s degree

1.04 (1.01, 1.06)a

0.92 (0.85, 1.00)

0.96 (0.94, 0.99)a

1.04 (1.01, 1.06)a

  1. ap < 0.05, the reference group consists of all patients seen at least once between March 13, 2019 and March 13, 2021