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Background

Since the start of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic, telemedicine has become an important tool for the delivery of outpatient cardiovascular care.

Methods

This is a single-center retrospective study in which insurance and median household income (MHI) data were collected between March 16th-June 30th, 2020. Two-way ANOVA was used to compare averaged median income for each encounter type (phone, video, in-person). Multivariate logistic regression was used to generate odds ratios adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex, language, and MHI.

Results

A total of 8449 patients were seen (86% NH-White, 58% male, median age 66.9+/-15.2) during the study timeframe. Carriers of public insurance (Medicaid OR 0.47 (95% CI 0.37-0.76), p< 0.001 and Medicare OR 0.71 (95% CI 0.54-0.95), p= 0.02) had a lower likelihood of a telemedicine video encounter compared to carriers of …