Episode Charges and Subsequent Visits After Telemedicine vs In-Person Care
In this comparative effectiveness research using target trial emulation of outpatient telemedicine and in-person visits, telemedicine visits overall were associated with lower charges and fewer subsequent visits within the 30-day episode than were in-person visits. For mental and behavioral conditions, charges were comparable. These findings suggest that telemedicine may serve as a lower-charge alternative to in-person care without increasing the need for subsequent visits.
Authors
- Kevin Mahoney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9930-2575)
- Irene Papanicolas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8000-3185)
- S. Sridhara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-6376)
- Lu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-6067)
- M. Schnall
- J Salmon
- Robert Stetson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-0968)
- Xuan Bi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4683-1411)
- Lu Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5075-5263)
- David A Asch
- Shivan Mehta
- Tessa S. Cook
- Michael A Horst
- Bingyu Zhang
- Yong Chen
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- Applied Mathematics (United States) (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- Chemical Synthesis Lab (SG)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56127
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00