Table 3

Mean number of primary care visits, Mar. 12 to July 29, 2019 (pre–COVID-19) and Mar. 11 to July 28, 2020 (COVID-19), by visit location and patient characteristics

VariableNo. office visits per 1000 people/d*No. home visits per 1000 people/dNo. virtual visits per 1000 people/d*
Pre-COVID-19COVID-19Change, %Pre-COVID-19COVID-19Change, %p valuePre-COVID-19COVID-19Change, %
Total7.531.57−79.10.050.02−60.40.073.925608.4
Sex
 Female8.591.75−79.60.070.03−61.30.084.665923.1
 Male6.441.39−78.40.040.02−59.00.063.155189.9
Age, yr
 ≤ 185.051.07−78.80.020.00−92.70.051.463054.0
 19–296.221.33−78.70.010.00−81.90.0020.093.103195.2
 30–446.971.45−79.20.010.00−84.00.083.744613.9
 45–648.301.71−79.40.020.01−65.40.074.706570.6
 65–7410.372.09−79.80.070.03−51.50.065.879026.1
 ≥ 7511.512.47−78.50.420.19−54.50.057.0413 554.0
Neighbourhood income quintile
 Q1 (lowest)7.661.73−77.50.060.03−56.40.083.904585.4
 Q27.781.61−79.30.060.02−60.80.074.015466.1
 Q37.781.54−80.30.050.02−60.20.073.986010.6
 Q47.481.40−81.20.050.02−62.20.073.815580.5
 Q5 (highest)6.951.24−82.20.050.02−63.80.063.646427.2
Recent registrant < 10 yr
 No7.641.56−79.60.060.03−57.00.074.235881.6
 Yes8.151.66−79.60.020.00−71.70.0040.063.826031.4
Model of primary care
 Capitation7.301.31−82.10.050.02−55.20.053.646645.1
 Enhanced fee-for-service10.852.44−77.50.070.03−61.70.086.017386.7
 Family Health Team5.480.90−83.70.040.02−57.40.062.854334.6
 Not in at patient enrolment model6.561.61−75.40.080.02−68.20.122.852310.1
 Not attributable to a primary care physician0.900.31−65.20.010.00−67.80.0180.030.531586.9
Rurality
 Large urban8.071.64−79.70.060.03−57.00.044.229320.2
 Urban8.801.71−80.60.050.02−70.80.054.418183.7
 Small urban5.871.15−80.40.050.02−51.90.142.992042.6
 Rural3.961.70−57.20.050.02−58.0< 0.0010.082.643146.3
Johns Hopkins resource utilization bands
 0 (lowest user)1.050.18−82.50.000.00−64.20.4340.020.291201.4
 12.880.46−84.10.000.00−82.30.1180.040.871878.6
 24.260.72−83.20.010.00−81.5< 0.0010.051.593014.8
 38.731.77−79.70.030.01−68.60.084.465701.6
 413.173.17−76.00.100.04−60.20.107.737697.4
 5 (highest user)15.573.75−75.90.530.25−53.80.1210.879138.2
VariableNo. overall visits per 1000 people/d% virtual
Pre-COVID-19COVID-19Change, %p valueCOVID-19
Total7.665.51−28.071.1
Sex
 Female8.736.43−26.372.4
 Male6.544.56−30.369.1
Age, yr
 ≤ 185.122.53−50.557.6
 19–296.324.43−30.070.0
 30–447.065.19−26.572.0
 45–648.406.42−23.573.2
 65–7410.518.00−23.973.4
 ≥ 7511.999.70−19.172.5
Neighbourhood income quintile
 Q1 (lowest)7.805.65−27.669.0
 Q27.915.65−28.671.1
 Q37.895.53−29.971.9
 Q47.595.23−31.172.8
 Q5 (highest)7.054.90−30.674.3
Recent registrant < 10 yr
 No7.775.82−25.172.8
 Yes8.235.48−33.469.6
Model of primary care
 Capitation7.404.96−32.973.3
 Enhanced fee for-service11.008.47−23.070.9
 Family Health Team5.593.77−32.675.7
 Not in at patient enrolment model6.764.49−33.663.4
 Not attributable to a primary care physician0.940.85−10.20.01362.5
Rurality
 Large urban8.175.88−28.071.7
 Urban8.916.14−31.171.9
 Small urban6.054.16−31.271.9
 Rural4.104.366.40.00260.6
Johns Hopkins resource utilization bands
 0 (lowest user)1.080.48−55.761.2
 12.931.32−54.865.4
 24.322.31−46.569.0
 38.846.24−29.471.5
 413.3710.94−18.270.7
 5 (highest user)16.2214.87−8.373.1
  • Note: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.

  • * All p values for visit types are < 0.0001.

  • p values are < 0.0001 unless indicated otherwise. The p value compares the number of daily visits per 1000 people in the pre-COVID-19 versus COVID-19 periods.