Visits declined for all specialties examined by the organization.
Percent decline by specialty:
- Pediatrics: 27 percent
- Pulmonology: 27 percent
- ENT: 25 percent
- Physical medicine: 25 percent
- Dermatology: 22 percent
- Cardiology: 20 percent
- Gastroenterology: 20 percent
- Neurology: 19 percent
- Podiatry: 18 percent
- Ophthalmology: 18 percent
- Allergy: 18 percent
- Orthopedics: 16 percent
- Surgery: 16 percent
- Behavioral health: 15 percent
- Urology: 14 percent
- Oncology: 13 percent
- Endocrinology: 11 percent
- Adult primary care: 10 percent
- Obstercis: 10 percent
- Rheumatology: 8 percent
Note: The report compared the cumulative difference in patient visits over weeks 10 to 52 of the pandemic to the baseline week of March 1-7, 2020 The data is reflective of in-person and telemedicine visits but does not include urgent care center visits data. The Commonwealth Fund is liberal-leaning.
View the entire report here.
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