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Abstract
Patient Characteristics and Subsequent Health Care Use by Location of SARS-CoV-2 Testing Initiation in a Safety-Net Health System
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly shifted care delivery toward telehealth and COVID-19 testing services
We identified 67 317 tests among patients with symptoms; 58 561 tests (87.0%) had an outpatient testing entry location
SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates varied by entry location, ranging from 9.5% to 22.9%
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly shifted care delivery toward telehealth and COVID-19 testing services. While utilization differences early in the pandemic have been described among commercially insured patients and in ambulatory care settings, health care use patterns for SARS-CoV-2 testing and subsequent health care use remain unclear, especially among safety-net populations. In this cross-sectional study, we compared a set of patient characteristics across all locations of care initiation for SARS-CoV-2 testing in a safety-net health system in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area to assess patterns in demographic characteristics and comorbidities
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