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Table 2 Average monthly visits in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods

From: Outpatient visit trends for internal medicine ambulatory care sensitive conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic: a time-series analysis

 

Pre-pandemic mean visits (±SD)

Pandemic mean visits (±SD)

Mean difference

Relative difference

p-value*

Overall visits

776 (±126)

895 (±120)

+ 119

+ 15%

<  0.0001

New consults

134 (±21)

120 (±23)

−14

−10%

0.0053

Follow-up visits

642 (±109)

776 (±108)

+ 133

+ 21%

<  0.0001

AFib visits

60 (±14)

49 (±9)

−11

−18%

0.013

CAD visits

70 (±19)

75 (±14)

+ 5

+ 7%

0.42

CHF visits

44 (±8)

63 (±17)

+ 19

+ 43%

<  0.0001

HTN visits

110 (±20)

131 (±27)

+ 21

+ 20%

0.0049

DM visits

365 (±57)

424 (±58)

+ 59

+ 16%

<  0.0001

Asthma visits

91 (±23)

112 (±23)

+ 21

+ 23%

<  0.0001

COPD visits

37 (±10)

42 (±8)

+ 5

+ 15%

0.10

  1. AFib atrial fibrillation, CAD coronary artery disease, CHF congestive heart failure, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
  2. *p-values are derived from ARIMA models