Trends in the Volume and Types of Primary Care Visits during the Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a decrease in primary health care in-person visits and a simultaneous increase in virtual encounters.

Objective

To quantify the change in the total volume of primary care visits and mix of visit types during the two years of the pandemic in Israel.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants

All primary care visits by members of the largest healthcare organization in Israel, during three one-year periods: the pre-COVID-19 year (March 2019-February 2020), the first year of COVID-19 (March 2020-February 2021), and the second year of COVID-19 (March 2021-February 2022).

Main measures

Total volume of primary care visits and mix of visit types.

Results

More than 112 million primary care visits were

SUBMITTER: Miron O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature