The Impact of Telehealth Adoption During COVID-19 Pandemic on Patterns of Pediatric Subspecialty Care Utilization.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted health systems to rapidly adopt telehealth for clinical care. We examined the impact of demography, subspecialty characteristics, and broadband availability on the utilization of telehealth in pediatric populations before and after the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Outpatients scheduled for subspecialty visits at sites affiliated with a single quaternary academic medical center between March-June 2019 and March-June 2020 were included.