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Figures
- Figure 1:
Rate of virtual visits per 1000 eligible Ontario patients by age group, 2012–2020.
- Figure 2:
Rate of virtual visits per 1000 eligible Ontario patients by neighbourhood income quintile, 2012–2020. Quintile 1 = lowest income quintile, quintile 5 = highest income quintile.
- Figure 3:
(A) Number of virtual visits compared to total ambulatory visits by quarter, 2012–2020. (B) Proportion of ambulatory visits that were virtual by quarter, 2012–2020. (C) Proportion of eligible Ontario patients with virtual visits by quarter, 2012–2020. (D) Number and proportion of providers who provided virtual care by quarter, 2012–2020.
- Figure 4:
Rate of virtual visits per 100 eligible Ontario patients by chronic disease, 2012–2020. Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Tables
- Table 1:
Baseline characteristics of Ontario patients who received at least 1 virtual visit in 2012, 2016 or 2020, and those who received no virtual visits in 2020
Characteristic Received at least 1 virtual visit; no. (%) of patients p value Did not receive any virtual visit in 2020; no. (%) of patients
n = 3 162 395p value 2012
n = 51 1862016
n = 146 1042020
n = 4 927 830Age category, yr < 0.001 < 0.001 < 18 3379 (6.6) 10 217 (7.0) 523 361 (10.6) 776 881 (24.6) 18–49 27 028 (52.8) 74 561 (51.0) 1 822 278 (37.0) 1 227 511 (38.8) 50–64 10 874 (21.2) 34 954 (23.9) 1 232 489 (25.0) 616 658 (19.5) 65–79 7437 (14.5) 19 956 (13.7) 992 640 (20.1) 378 914 (12.0) ≥ 80 2468 (4.8) 6416 (4.4) 357 062 (7.2) 162 431 (5.1) Sex < 0.001 < 0.001 Female 25 270 (49.4) 73 102 (50.0) 2 786 826 (56.6) 1 628 796 (51.5) Male 25 916 (50.6) 73 002 (50.0) 2 141 004 (43.4) 1 533 599 (48.5) Region < 0.001 < 0.001 Central 4609 (9.0) 18 403 (12.6) 1 707 781 (34.7) 1 053 216 (33.3) East 17 556 (34.3) 38 709 (26.5) 1 229 707 (25.0) 741 447 (23.4) North 20 389 (39.8) 45 413 (31.1) 238 786 (4.8) 177 070 (5.6) Toronto 1963 (3.8) 4337 (3.0) 454 743 (9.2) 266 088 (8.4) West 6669 (13.0) 39 242 (26.9) 1 296 813 (26.3) 924 574 (29.2) Income quintile < 0.001 < 0.001 1 (lowest) 13 658 (26.7) 41 111 (28.1) 943 988 (19.2) 629 119 (19.9) 2 10 182 (19.9) 30 966 (21.2) 974 288 (19.8) 616 595 (19.5) 3 9563 (18.7) 27 545 (18.9) 1 002 696 (20.3) 638 517 (20.2) 4 8362 (16.3) 23 974 (16.4) 999 831 (20.3) 643 322 (20.3) 5 (highest) 8961 (17.5) 22 247 (15.2) 999 455 (20.3) 625 919 (19.8) Missing 460 (0.9) 261 (0.2) 7572 (0.2) 8923 (0.3) Level of rurality (RIO score) < 0.001 < 0.001 Urban (< 40) 33 356 (65.2) 112 721 (77.2) 4 604 587 (93.4) 2 924 122 (92.5) Rural (≥ 40) 14 666 (28.6) 27 145 (18.6) 290 401 (5.9) 204 317 (6.5) Missing 3164 (6.2) 6238 (4.3) 32 842 (0.7) 33 956 (1.1) Note: RIO = Rurality Index for Ontario.
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