Hospital Utilization Among Rural Children Served by Pediatric Neurology Telemedicine Clinics
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Hospital Utilization Among Rural Children Served by Pediatric Neurology Telemedicine Clinics
August 24, 2019
Hospital Utilization Among Rural Children Served by Pediatric Neurology Telemedicine Clinics
We found lower rates of hospital encounters among children who received neurology care in their own communities using telemedicine compared with children who received neurology care in the in-person clinics, even in multivariable analysis and certain matched analyses. Our findings suggest that by improving subspecialty access in underserved communities and enhancing care coordination among physicians, telemedicine may reduce the utilization of high-cost hospital care for children with neurologic conditions.
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