Telehealth use among pediatric Alabama Medicaid enrollees, March-December 2020: Variations by race/ethnicity & place of residence

During the early days and months of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities experienced a slump in non-COVID-related visits, and there was an increasing interest in telehealth to deliver healthcare services for adult and pediatric patients. The study investigated telehealth use variation by rac...

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Alabama
Child
Children
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Earth Sciences
Ethnicity
Evaluation
Gender
Government programs
Health aspects
Health care
Health care delivery
Health care facilities
Health services
Health Services Accessibility
Hispanic people
Households
Humans
Medicaid
Medical care
Medicare
Medicine and Health Sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
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Pandemics
Pediatrics
People and places
Population
Postal codes
Poverty
Residence Characteristics
Rural areas
Telemedicine
United States
Urban areas
Utilization
title Telehealth use among pediatric Alabama Medicaid enrollees, March-December 2020: Variations by race/ethnicity & place of residence
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