Nega Degefa, Aster Dure, Dinkalem Getahun, Zekarias Bukala, Tariku Bekelcho
Male partners involvement in their wives' antenatal care and its associated factors in southern Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study
Heliyon
backgroundstudies suggest telemedicine worsens health care disparities certain groups partly owing lack access appropriate technology poor technological literacy aim use clinic noshow data determine impact telemedicine patient access care ambulatory gastroenterology settingmethodssinglecenter retrospective study ambulatory inperson telemedicine clinic appointments comparing 15month prepandemic pp first 15 months pandemic dtp using administrative database statistical analysis performed using univariate multivariable logistic regressionresultsabout 9746 12808 patientencounters scheduled pp dtp respectively noshow rate decreased 98 69 dtp p 0001 noshow rate decreased black p 002 nonhispanic white patients p 0018 noshow rate increased latinx p 0001 asian p 0007 patients multivariate analysis older patients patients identifying black asian latinx higher odds noshow dtp p 005 patients highincome counties 43 less likely noshow lowest income countiesconclusionsthe transition telemedicine improves health care access decreasing overall noshow rate groups negatively affected including older lower income latinx asian populations future studies aim identify risk factors within populations modified increase health care participation including targeted application inperson visits improved technology drive engagement