Telehealth Utilization and Follow-Up Visits in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020.

Asher Ripp Caren Steinway Michelle Weiss Katzow Sophia JanJack ChenVictoria Chen

Published in: Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP (2022)

Follow-up visit attendance was higher for telehealth care in 2020 than in-person care in 2019. This association persisted after adjusting for insurance, age, race, and ethnicity, suggesting that telehealth is associated with increased follow-up visit attendance in DBP care. Further studies are needed to understand the impact of telehealth on DBP clinical outcomes in chronic disease management.

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