Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on management of children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Outpatient visit frequency

		Visits
		0	1	2	> 3	Total	P⁺
Count of patients with each number of total outpatient visits, by year^a
Commercial
2019		–	150	254	649	1053
2019	%	–	14.2	24.1	61.6	100
2020		–	252	331	401	984
2020	%	–	25.6	33.6	40.8	100
Total		–	402	585	1050	2037	< 0.0001
Non-commercial
2019		–	139	172	382	693
2019	%	–	20.0	24.8	55.1	100
2020		–	150	179	318	647
2020	%	–	23.2	27.7	49.1	100
Total		–	289	351	700	1340	0.09
Count of patients with each number of office and virtual visits in 2020
Office
Commercial		262	302	264	156	984
Commercial	%	26.6	30.7	26.8	15.9	100
Non-commercial		136	197	181	133	647
Non-commercial	%	21.0	30.4	28.0	20.6	100
Total		398	499	445	289	1631	0.02
Virtual
Commercial		363	391	168	62	984
Commercial	%	36.9	39.7	16.5	6.6	100
Non-commercial		240	251	107	49	647
Non-commercial	%	37.1	38.8	16.5	7.6	100
Total		603	642	275	95	1631	NS

+ P values by Fisher Exact Tests
^aPatients were included in the analysis for a given year only if they had at least one outpatient visit

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