An examination of health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic among women with early-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Table 2 Differences in Health care Utilization between Time Periods

Point Estimates and Event Ratios	Event Ratio	95% CI	p
Office Visits
Pre-COVID vs. early COVID	0.68	0.50, 0.92	0.01
Pre-COVID vs. later COVID	0.56	0.39, 0.80	< 0.01
Early COVID vs. later COVID	0.82	0.57, 1.19	0.30
Hospital Admissions
Pre-COVID vs. early COVID	1.06	0.65, 1.71	0.83
Pre-COVID vs. later COVID	0.52	0.26, 1.04	0.06
Early COVID vs. later COVID	0.49	0.24, 1.00	0.05
Urgent Care/Emergency Room Visits
Pre-COVID vs. early COVID	1.23	0.60, 2.49	0.57
Pre-COVID vs. later COVID	0.58	0.24, 1.36	0.21
Early COVID vs. later COVID	0.47	0.19, 1.18	0.11
Telephone and Video Care Visits
Early COVID vs. later COVID	0.96	0.55, 1.68	0.89

Note. CI = confidence interval. Models controlled for age, education, poverty status, marital status, and disease stage. Data related to telephone and video visits were only collected after the COVID pandemic started, and thus comparisons to the pre-COVID period were not possible

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