Primary healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic: describing transition to telehealth and primary care response in nine countries

Project Details

Patron ID: PAT043

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This research will use general practice EMR data stored in repositories based in nine countries to describe general practice consultation type (face to face, telephone, video consultation) prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 primary care systems (Canada, Australia, Argentina, China, Norway, Peru, Singapore, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States).

Research Publications

Tu, K., Sarkadi Kristiansson, R., Gronsbell, J., de Lusignan, S., Flottorp, S., Goh, L.H., Hallinan, C.M., Hoang, U., Kang, S.Y., Kim, Y.S., Li, Z., Ling, Z.J., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A., Ng, A.P.P., Pace, W.D., Wensaas, K.-A., Wong, W.C. and Stephenson, E. (2022). Changes in primary care visits arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: an international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). BMJ Open, 12(5), p.e059130.

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