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Patient-Provider Distance in Medicare Outpatient Oncology Telehealth Versus Office Visits, 2021-2023: Cross-Sectional Claims Analysis.

  • Lingbo Liu1,2
  • Tracy Onega3,4
  • Erika L Moen5,6,7
  • Anna N A Tosteson6,7
  • Rebecca E Smith6
  • Qianfei Wang6
  • Lauren Cowan3
  • Fahui Wang8
8 affiliations
  1. 1Thrust of Urban Governance and Design, Society Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
  2. 2Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
  3. 3Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
  4. 4Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
  5. 5Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, United States.
  6. 6The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, United States.
  7. 7Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, United States.
  8. 8Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, 10F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong), 852 391-02256.
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Abstract

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In a cross-sectional analysis of traditional Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries aged 66 years or older with outpatient oncology-related encounters, we found that telehealth modestly extended patient-provider geographic reach but largely operated within existing office-based catchments and preserved rural-urban distance gradients. Equitable telehealth policy should target patients with high travel burden while supporting digital access, navigation, and cross-jurisdiction continuity.

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@article{liu2026patientprovider,
  title = {{Patient-Provider Distance in Medicare Outpatient Oncology Telehealth Versus Office Visits, 2021-2023: Cross-Sectional Claims Analysis.}},
  author = {Lingbo Liu and Tracy Onega and Erika L Moen and Anna N A Tosteson and Rebecca E Smith and Qianfei Wang and Lauren Cowan and Fahui Wang},
  journal = {JMIR medical informatics},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.2196/95370},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42913396},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Patient-Provider Distance in Medicare Outpatient Oncology Telehealth Versus Office Visits, 2021-2023: Cross-Sectional Claims Analysis.
AU  - Lingbo Liu
AU  - Tracy Onega
AU  - Erika L Moen
AU  - Anna N A Tosteson
AU  - Rebecca E Smith
AU  - Qianfei Wang
AU  - Lauren Cowan
AU  - Fahui Wang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/23
JO  - JMIR medical informatics
DO  - 10.2196/95370
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42913396
AB  - Unlabelled  In a cross-sectional analysis of traditional Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries aged 66 years or older with outpatient oncology-related encounters, we found that telehealth modestly extended patient-provider geographic reach but largely operated within existing office-based catchments and preserved rural-urban distance gradients. Equitable telehealth policy should target patients with high travel burden while supporting digital access, navigation, and cross-jurisdiction continuity.
SN  - 2291-9694
ER  -