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ArticleBMC research notes2025

Trends in outpatient care utilization for patients with established atrial fibrillation before and after the Covid-19 pandemic: a nationwide analysis of claims data.

Lanting Yang, Shangbin Tang, Jingchuan Guo, Nico Gabriel, A Mark Fendrick, Nimish Patel, Utibe R Essien, Jared W Magnani, Walid F Gellad, Inmaculada Hernandez

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Lanting YangDivision of Clinical PharmacySkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. layang@health.ucsd.edu.
Shangbin TangDivision of Clinical PharmacySkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Jingchuan GuoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Nico GabrielDivision of Clinical PharmacySkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
A Mark FendrickDepartment of Internal Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Nimish PatelDivision of Clinical PharmacySkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Utibe R EssienDivision of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jared W MagnaniDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Walid F GelladDivision of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Inmaculada HernandezDivision of Clinical PharmacySkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.

Funding

Mobile Health intervention for rural atrial fibrillationR01HL143010 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MAGNANI, JARED W. · 2019 to 2022
$3.0M
Supplement of NIDDK R01 newer GLDs and Clinical OutcomesR01DK133465 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI GUO, JINGCHUAN, SHAO, HUI · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Pandemic Disruptions of Atrial Fibrillation CareR01HL157051 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PATEL, NIMISH · 2021 to 2024
$2.0M
Patient and System-Level Determinants of Oral Anticoagulation Use in Atrial FibrillationK01HL142847 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HERNANDEZ, INMACULADA · 2018 to 2022
$798k
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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate trends in outpatient visits among Medicare beneficiaries with established AF before and after the pandemic and to investigate differences in outpatient care utilization patterns based on baseline utilization levels.

resultsWe analyzed 2018-2022 Medicare data to assess outpatient visit trends among 124,483 beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation (AF), categorizing them into quartiles based on pre-pandemic in-person visit frequency. We found that in-person visits declined while telehealth use increased across all groups during the pandemic. After the pandemic, total visits remained below pre-pandemic levels for higher-utilizing groups after the pandemic.

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Ambulatory CareAtrial FibrillationCOVID-19Patient Acceptance of Health CareAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMedicarePandemicsSARS-CoV-2TelemedicineUnited StatesAtrial fibrillationCovid-19Outpatient visits

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PMID41310852
PMCPMC12661868

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