EVisits to primary care and subsequent health care contacts: a register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence concerning health care use related to virtual visits is conflicting. More research has been called for regarding the effectiveness of text-based virtual visits (eVisits). Therefore, we investigated patient characteristics, diagnoses, and subsequent health care contacts after eVisits to primary care.

Methods

We conducted a register-based cohort study of eVisits to an all-virtual public primary care unit in Sweden and subsequent health care contacts within 14 days. Data for 2021 were acquired from the regional health care databases. Diagnoses were sorted into relevant diagnostic groups, such as skin diagnoses and respiratory tract diagnoses. Multiple logistic regression was performed with subsequent health care contact as the outcome variable and diagnostic

SUBMITTER: Glock H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature