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Table 3 Patient and visit characteristics by visit modality in the pandemic period

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

 

In-person visits

Virtual visits

Overall

p-value

N

1943

8799

10,742

 

Mean age (SD)

64.9 (18.0)

56.6 (18.9)

58.1 (19.0)

<  0.0001

Sex

   

<  0.0001

Female

1096 (16.7%)

5460 (83.3%)

6556 (100%)

 

Male

847 (20.3%)

3339 (79.8%)

4186 (100%)

 

Email registered

   

<  0.0001

Yes

875 (14.2%)

5276 (85.8%)

6151 (100%)

 

No

1068 (23.3%)

3523 (76.7%)

4591 (100%)

 

Visit type

   

<  0.0001

New consultation

481 (33.%)

955 (66.5%)

1436 (100%)

 

Follow-up

1462 (15.7%)

7844 (84.3%)

9306 (100%)

 

Visit diagnosis

   

<  0.0001

AFib

200 (33.9%)

390 (66.1%)

590 (100%)

 

CAD

120 (13.4%)

778 (86.6%)

898 (100%)

 

CHF

390 (51.9%)

362 (48.1%)

752 (100%)

 

HTN

377 (24.0%)

1194 (76.0%)

1571 (100%)

 

DM

231 (4.5%)

4857 (95.5%)

5088 (100%)

 

Asthma

469 (35.0%)

871 (65.0%)

1340 (100%)

 

COPD

156 (31.0%)

347 (69.0%)

503 (100%)

 

Clinic

   

<  0.0001

AACU

814 (89.9%)

91 (10.1%)

905 (100%)

 

AFib clinic

84 (73.0%)

31 (27.0%)

115 (100%)

 

Cardiology clinic

311 (11.2%)

2457 (88.8%)

2768 (100%)

 

GIM clinic

19 (7.7%)

229 (92.3%)

248 (100%)

 

Endocrine clinic

68 (1.8%)

3768 (98.2%)

3836 (100%)

 

DM clinic

50 (4.7%)

1106 (95.3%)

1066 (100%)

 

Respirology clinic

597 (33.1%)

1207 (66.9%)

1804 (100%)

 
  1. AFib atrial fibrillation, CAD coronary artery disease, CHF congestive heart failure, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, AACU Acute Ambulatory Care Unit, GIM general internal medicine