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Telehealth Use Among People with Vision Impairments: Evidence from the 2020–2022 National Health Interview Survey

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  1. Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA

    Oliver T. Nguyen MSHI, Amir Alishahi Tabriz MD, PhD, MPH & Kea Turner PhD, MPH, MA

  2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA

    Oliver T. Nguyen MSHI

  3. Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Dang Nguyen BS

  4. Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Young-Rock Hong PhD, MPH

  5. Department of Oncologic Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Amir Alishahi Tabriz MD, PhD, MPH & Kea Turner PhD, MPH, MA

  6. Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA

    Amir Alishahi Tabriz MD, PhD, MPH & Kea Turner PhD, MPH, MA

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OTN and KT conceptualized the study. OTN analyzed the data. OTN drafted the manuscript. DN, YRH, AAT, and KT provided critical revisions to the manuscript. All authors approved the submission.

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Nguyen, O.T., Nguyen, D., Hong, YR. et al. Telehealth Use Among People with Vision Impairments: Evidence from the 2020–2022 National Health Interview Survey. J GEN INTERN MED 39, 1084–1086 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08662-5

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