Estimating Patient and Family Costs and CO2 Emissions for Telehealth and In-Person Health Care Appointments in British Columbia, Canada: Geospatial Mixed Methods Study

Graham Mainer-Pearson   ¹ , BA ;   Kurtis Stewart   ¹ , MSc ;   Kim Williams   ² , BSCN, MSCN ;   John Pawlovich   ^{2, 3, 4} , MD ;   Scott Graham   ^{5, 6} , MA ;   Linda Riches   ⁷ , MEd ;   Sonya Cressman   ¹ , MBA, PhD ;   Kendall Ho   ¹ , MD

¹ Digital Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

² Rural Coordination Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

³ Carrier Sekani Family Services, West Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁴ Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁵ First Nations Health Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁶ School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁷ Patient Partner Researcher, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada