Utilization of Telemedicine Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries

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Demonstrates the trends in the use of telemedicine utilization by rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2013. Data is derived from Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes or telemedicine-specific codes, using Medicare's definition for rural. Includes a table comparing patient characteristics for Medicare beneficiaries with and without a telemedicine visit in 2013.

Ateev Mehrotra, Anupam B. Jena, Alisa B. Busch, et al.

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 315(18), 2015–2016

05/2016

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Medicare · Statistics and data · Telehealth