60.9%About 3 in 5of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021
60.9% of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021 (2024, CDC National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey)
Margin of error: 95% CI 47.8% to 72.9% (SE 6.1)
Official dataChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesUSAHealthcare · Telehealth
60.9% of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021 (2024).
60.9%
the latest figure (2024)
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Why you can trust it. CDC National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey: official data, government statistics office or regulator. NEHRS 2024, physicians in non-metropolitan areas.
CDC National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey
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Official data: Government statistics office or regulator
What it measures
60.9% of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021
Data period
2024 (ends 31 Dec 2024)
Published by the source
24 Jun 2026
Who is counted
NEHRS 2024, physicians in non-metropolitan areas.
Margin of error
95% CI 47.8% to 72.9% (SE 6.1)
In the source's words
Telemedicine use decreased 6.6% in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) from 2021 (86.7%) to 2024 (81.0%) and 26.9% in non-MSAs during the same period (83.3% to 60.9%).
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on NCHS Health E-Stat 120; wide interval, small group.
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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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CDC National Center for Health Statistics. (2026). 60.9% of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/healthcare/rural-physician-telemedicine-use
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"60.9% of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021." CDC National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey, 2024. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/healthcare/rural-physician-telemedicine-use.
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What is the latest figure for telehealth (USA)?
60.9% of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021, for 2024, according to CDC National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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of office-based US physicians used telemedicine in 2024, down from 86.5% in 2021
Sample: National Electronic Health Records Survey: weighted estimates of 1,460 office-based physicians in 2024 (1,875 in 2021); response rate 47.4% in 2024.
