Parent Preferences for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection Care

What attributes of care sites do parents prefer when seeking care for a young child’s acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI)?In this survey study including 944 participants, respondents gave most weight to visit modality (in person vs telemedicine; importance, 22.7%) and out-of-pocket costs (23.7%) and least weight to noncare time (5.8%) and availability of follow-up within 2 days (6.8%).Results suggest that access to low-cost, quickly available telehealth services with a clinician in a child’s usual practice could shift some urgent care and emergency department visits for ARTIs to the child’s primary care practice.

Corresponding Author: Janel Hanmer, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Pl, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (hanmerjz@upmc.edu).

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