Medical Xpress April 25, 2022
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc

Continuing telehealth care delivery beyond the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit publicly insured children if they are ensured equitable access to telehealth services. This study finding is part of a Special Issue on “Reducing Health Disparities in Underserved Populations” in the peer-reviewed journal Population Health Management.

In their article, Bisakha Sen, Ph.D., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and co-authors examined disparities in telehealth utilization in a population of publicly insured children. They found evidence of disparities in telehealth use by race/ethnicity, rurality, and . “Those in the highest family income-based fee group had higher odds of telehealth use than the lowest family income-based fee group,” stated the authors. “As telehealth will likely continue to play an important role...

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