General medicine in Austria was and is relatively little focused on counting medicine. This shows a comparison study in 38 countries for the use of video consultation before and during the COVID 19 Pandemie.
Some of the most important differences are probably due to the primary care systems and a wide range of influencing factors. Ulrik Bak Kirk from Aarhus University in Denmark and his co-authors, including Kathryn Hoffmann from the Meduni Vienna, published their studies in the magazine BMC Primary Care last week.
“COVID-19 Pandemic has accelerated the use of telegeniatrics, in particular video consultations, because they offer access to health care in difficult situations in which contacts are not possible. The extent to which the organization of general medical practices and national digital infrastructure structures has influenced the absorption and use of video consultations,” “wrote the experts.
The scientists collected information from about three dozen countries. There were serious differences in the use of Video Consultation as a method of counting medicine.
Between eleven and 94 percent
“Data from 5065 general medicine order in 38 countries showed that less than half (47.5 percent) used video consultations during the Covid 19 pandemic. The highest was used in the UK, Luxembourg, the states of Scandinavia and France (82.6 to 94.4 percent), the lowest in Portugal, Serbia, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Switzerland and the Czech Republic (11.1 to 23.1 percent).
For Austria, the data of 133 ordering came for the period before Pandemie and 132 for the COVID 19 times. Earlier, six percent had the opportunity for video consultations. They use 28.8 percent during the pandemic. In the comparable Germany, the share of COVID-19 was 8.7 percent, but rose to 46.9 percent. A particularly rapid increase was registered in Denmark with the possibility of arrangements with the possibility of video consultations (8.3 percent before Pandemie, 91.7 percent during COVID-19). It was comparable in Great Britain (4.3 and 82.6 percent).
“At the level of the orders, the most important factors related to a higher use of video consultations were more patients than average to speak with migration experiences and difficulties, the local language, freelance or independent practical management and urban environment, as well as a larger number of patients. The scientists have summarized their findings. In the first-line care, tele-medicine.
Source: Krone
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