COVID-19 Continues to Burden General Practitioners: Impact on Workload, Provision of Care, and Intention to Leave.

ABSTRACT: General practitioners (GPs), already in a profession with a high workload, have been at the frontline of providing COVID-19-related healthcare in addition to routine care. Our study examined the impact of pandemic-related consultations and changes in practice organization on GPs' current workload and provision of healthcare in summer 2021 (May 2021-July 2021) and early 2022 (January 2022-February 2022). In total, 143 German GPs participated in an online survey in the summer of 2021. Of these, 51 GPs participated in the follow-up survey in 2022. Most GPs perceived an increase in consultation frequency, consultation times, and workload since the pandemic outbreak. Increased consultation times were related to the reduced provision of medical care to other patients with chronic diseases. More

SUBMITTER: Schrimpf A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9914234 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature