Retrospective chart review of patient socioeconomic status and language preference associated with live video telehealth in a pediatric dermatology practice.
Pediatr Dermatol
; 40(4): 651-654, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Pediatric teledermatology rapidly expanded with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impacts of this expansion on patients' access to care have not yet been entirely defined. In this retrospective study of 3027 patients in an academic pediatric dermatology practice, patients who identified as having a primary language other than English were less likely to access pediatric dermatology care during the COVID lockdown. This study did not identify a significant or meaningful difference in age, geography, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or race between patients who were offered pediatric dermatology care that was either in-person or via synchronous telehealth. These findings are overall reassuring that there were not major disparities in telehealth utilization during the COVID shelter-in-place mandate, although highlight the need for institutions to ensure systems are in place to enhance telehealth access for patients with non-English primary language.
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Telemedicina
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Dermatología
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COVID-19
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Child
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Humans
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2023
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Article