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A Comparison of Patient-Reported Outcomes Related to Telephone Follow-Up Visits and Conventional Office Visits in Medical Specialty Practices.
Telemedicine Journal and E-health 2021 July
Background/Introduction: Scheduled telephone follow-up visits (TFVs) are one strategy for improving access to specialty care practices, primarily because TFVs can be completed in less time with lower overhead costs than conventional office-based follow-up visits (OFVs). Beginning January 2015, scheduled TFVs were introduced in three specialty care practices at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) as a substitute for scheduled OFVs. As there is limited data on the relative advantage to patients from such a program, we conducted a survey to evaluate patient-reported outcomes associated with both TFVs and OFVs. Materials and Methods: All patients who completed a follow-up visit in Endocrinology, Hepatology, or Multiple Sclerosis clinics between March and May 2016 were surveyed. Primary outcomes included out-of-pocket costs associated with follow-up visits, visit duration, and satisfaction. Responses were analyzed using univariate and bivariate statistics, and both t -tests and chi-square tests were employed to determine significance. Results: A total of 2,741 patients were surveyed, of which 16% ( n = 432) responded. Median self-reported costs associated with OFVs, including travel was $50 (interquartile range [IQR]: 20,100), and median visit duration was 240 (IQR: 150; 420) minutes. Of all TFV respondents, only one reported a cost of $15, and 99% of TFV respondents reported being satisfied with their TFV experience. Discussion/Conclusion: At UCSF, TFVs offer an efficient alternative to office-based visits in a manner that is both acceptable and affordable to patients. This study fills an important gap in understanding the patient's perception of telephone follow-up care, and represents a critical first step in mobilizing health plans to pay for TFVs.
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