Digital consultations in Swedish primary health care: a qualitative study of physicians' job control, demand and support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital consultation with primary care physicians via mobile telephone apps has been spreading rapidly in Sweden since 2014. Digital consultation allows remote working because physicians can work from home, outside their traditional primary care environment. Despite the spread of digital consultation in primary care, there is a lack of knowledge concerning how the new service affects physicians' psychosocial work environment. Previous research has focused primarily on the patients' point of view and the cost-effectiveness of digital consultation. Hence, there is a paucity of studies from the perspective of physicians, focusing on their psychosocial work environment. The aim of this study was to investigate primary care physicians' perceived work demands, control over wor

SUBMITTER: Fernemark H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684852 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature