Table 2.

Proportion of Patient-Physician Encounters Amenable to Telehealth

Telehealth Amenable Encounters	All Physicians		Primary Care Physicians
	n	%	n	%
Yes	299,347,453	35	165,333,984	42
No	551,348,168	65	228,884,017	58
Total	850,695,621	100	394,218,001	100

Source: Author’s Analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Ambulatory Medical Care Survey weighted by patient weight.
*Telehealth amenable encounter was coded as ‘0’ when at least one of the services required physical presence of the physician and ‘1’ if physical presence was not required.