Disparities in Use of Video Telemedicine Among Patients With Limited English Proficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Loretta Hsueh, Jie Huang, Andrea Millman, Anjali Gopalan, Rahul Parikh, Silvia Teran, Mary Reed
Abstract
This cross-sectional study assesses whether having limited English proficiency was associated with lower video use compared with telephone use, especially among patients without prior video visit experience, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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