Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Christine Salahub, Peter C Austin, Li Bai, R Sacha Bhatia, Cherryl Bird, Richard H Glazier, Lindsay Hedden, Noah M Ivers, Danielle Martin, Jennifer Shuldiner, Sheryl Spithoff, Mina Tadrous, Tara Kiran
IMPORTANCE: Virtual visits became more common after the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unclear in what context they are best used. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there was a difference in subsequent emergency department use between patients who had a virtual visit with their own family physician vs those who had virtual visits with an outside physician. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This propensity score-matched cohort study was conducted among all Ontario residents attached to a family physician as of April 1, 2021, who had a virtual family physician visit in the subsequent year (to March 31, 2022)...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Network Open