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Turning on a dime-pre- and post-COVID-19 consultation patterns in an urban general practice.
Atmore, Carol; Stokes, Tim.
  • Atmore C; General Practitioner, Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin.
  • Stokes T; General Practitioner, Elaine Gurr Professor of General Practice, Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin.
N Z Med J ; 133(1523): 65-75, 2020 10 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-840604
ABSTRACT

AIMS:

To investigate changes in general practice consultation patterns in response to reduced face-to-face patient contact during the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS:

A retrospective before and after case notes review study of one urban general practice to investigate patient contact in the first two weeks of New Zealand general practices' COVID-19 response in 2020, compared to the same period in 2019.

RESULTS:

Twenty percent of patients had contact with the practice in both samples, with similar proportions by age, gender, ethnicity, deprivation and presence of multimorbidity or mental health diagnoses. Similar numbers of acute illness, accident-related and prevention patient contacts occurred in both samples, with more long-term condition-related contact in 2020. While 70% of patient contacts were face-to-face in 2019, 21% were face-to-face in 2020. Most acute illness, accident-related and long-term condition-related contacts were able to be provided through virtual means, but most prevention-related contacts were face-to-face.

CONCLUSIONS:

This single practice study showed total patient contact was similar over both sample periods, but most contact in 2020 was virtual. Further longitudinal multi-practice studies to confirm these findings and describe future consultation patterns are needed to inform general practice service delivery post-COVID-19.
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Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Referral and Consultation / Urban Population / Coronavirus Infections / General Practice / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: English Journal: N Z Med J Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Referral and Consultation / Urban Population / Coronavirus Infections / General Practice / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: English Journal: N Z Med J Year: 2020 Document Type: Article