Trends in Outpatient Care and Use of Telemedicine After Hospital Discharge in a Large Commercially Insured Population

Eric Bressman; Ali Russo; Rachel M Werner

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3685

Trends in Outpatient Care and Use of Telemedicine After Hospital Discharge in a Large Commercially Insured Population

JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Nov 12;2(11):e213685. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3685. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Eric Bressman^{1

2

3}, Ali Russo⁴, Rachel M Werner^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ FAIR Health, Inc, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines changes in use of telemedicine vs in-person care among a commercially insured population durring the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Hospitals
Humans
Pandemics
Patient Discharge
Telemedicine*