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Table 1 Demographics and insurance coverage among 137 new patients seen through a tele(oral)medicine visit from April 1 to December 22, 2020

From: The role of telemedicine for symptoms management in oral medicine: a retrospective observational study

 Demographics and insurance coverag

N

(%)a

Sex

  

 Female

79

57

 Male

58

43

Median age = 56 years (range 3–89 years)

  

Race/ethnicity

  

 White

70

51

 Asian

12

9

 Hispanic

3

2

 African American

1

1

 Unreported

51

37

Type of insurance

  

 Private medical insurance

92

67

 Medicare

31

23

 Private dental insurance

4

3

 DentiCal

5

4

 Uninsured

5

4

  1. aPercentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. Typically, percentages 0.5 or above are rounded up, and 0.4% or below are rounded down