{
    "statement": "of US office-based physicians outside metro areas used telemedicine in 2024, down from 83.3% in 2021",
    "value_display": "60.9%",
    "value_numeric": 60.9,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "2024",
    "data_period_end": "2024-12-31",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey",
        "publisher": "CDC National Center for Health Statistics",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/hestat120.htm",
    "source_quote": "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%).",
    "verification_note": "Read on NCHS Health E-Stat 120; wide interval, small group.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": "95% CI 47.8% to 72.9% (SE 6.1)",
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/healthcare/rural-physician-telemedicine-use",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/healthcare/rural-physician-telemedicine-use.csv"
}