The Effect of Telehealth on Cost of Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.

As the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) altered delivery of health care, alternate forms of health care delivery were adopted. The usage of telehealth expanded during the PHE to reduce exposure to COVID-19, which provides the opportunity to understand how expanded telehealth access affected costs of care. The objective of this work was to evaluate the association between telehealth adoption and health care-related costs during the COVID-19 PHE.

The role of increasing synchronous telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic on disparities in access to healthcare: A systematic review.

Introduction: The COVID-19 public health emergency led to an unprecedented rapid increase in telehealth use, but the role of telehealth in reducing disparities in access to care has been questioned. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to summarize the available evidence on how telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with telehealth utilization for minority groups and its role in health disparities.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review focused on health equity and access to care by searching for interventional and observational studies using the following four search domains: telehealth, COVID-19, health equity, and access to care.

Telehealth Use and Health Equity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.

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