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Diagnosis Distribution
Diagnosis for All Completed Telemedicine Visits
| Diagnosis |
% |
| acute otitis media |
28.7 |
| upper respiratory illness |
17.5 |
| conjunctivitis |
7.9 |
| viral illness |
7.6 |
| tinea corporis |
4.1 |
| diaper dermatitis |
3.8 |
| otitis media with effusion |
3.4 |
| dermatitis, other |
2.8 |
| pharyngitis, other |
2.8 |
| skin infection |
2.2 |
| atopic dermatitis |
2.1 |
| minor trauma |
2.0 |
| pharyngitis, strep |
1.7 |
| insect bites |
1.7 |
| lower respiratory illness |
1.4 |
| skin, other |
1.4 |
| all other |
8.9 |
| Total: |
100.00 |
Notes:
For question about problems addressed
16 diagnoses or diagnosis groups accounted for 91% of the completed visits. The diagnoses on this list are certainly comparable to illness seen in office practice, although the proportion diagnosed with acute otitis media seems high at almost 29%. You can't make much out of illness distributions or utilization patterns without a matched control group of inner city children using childcare without telemed. That analysis is under way (come back next year).
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