Nätvårdsanvändare i Skåne kontaktade oftare vårdcentral : Användare av digitala vårdtjänster kontaktade fysiska vårdcentraler oftare än andra och gjorde inte färre akutbesök
(2019) In Läkartidningen 116.- Abstract
- Since 2016, a number of companies offering primary care services via chats or video calls have entered the Swedish primary care market. This is the first study to investigate whether these services replace other primary care services or if they induce more care and potentially even increase the workload of traditional caregivers. Using administrative care register data from a Swedish region, we find that the use of telemedicine services is associated with higher use of other primary care services (visits and telephone/mail contacts). Further, telemedicine users visit the emergency room at least as often as other residents. We obtain similar results when using various strategies to account for differences between telemedicine users and... (More)
- Since 2016, a number of companies offering primary care services via chats or video calls have entered the Swedish primary care market. This is the first study to investigate whether these services replace other primary care services or if they induce more care and potentially even increase the workload of traditional caregivers. Using administrative care register data from a Swedish region, we find that the use of telemedicine services is associated with higher use of other primary care services (visits and telephone/mail contacts). Further, telemedicine users visit the emergency room at least as often as other residents. We obtain similar results when using various strategies to account for differences between telemedicine users and non-users. However, we cannot completely rule out that an association between transitory health problems and telemedicine use explains the results. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Digitala läkarbesök har potential att avlasta den traditionella vården, men kan också leda till ökad vårdanvändning.
Invånare i Region Skåne som använde digitala vårdtjänster 2016–2018 kontaktade även fysiska vårdcentraler oftare än andra invånare och besökte akutmottagning minst lika ofta.
Resultaten består efter justering för tidigare vårdanvändande, sjuklighet (vissa diagnoser), ålder, kön och inkomst.
Det går dock inte att helt utesluta att resultaten förklaras av större sjuklighet bland nätvårdsanvändare.
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- author
- Ellegård, Lina Maria LU and Kjellsson, Gustav
- organization
- alternative title
- Telemedicine services associated with higher use of regular primary care in a Swedish region
- publishing date
- 2019-10-18
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Läkartidningen
- volume
- 116
- publisher
- Swedish Medical Association
- external identifiers
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- pmid:31638708
- ISSN
- 0023-7205
- project
- Public Management Research
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 02e7345f-4fb3-4b30-abe4-59a4d56dfe88
- alternative location
- http://www.lakartidningen.se/Klinik-och-vetenskap/Originalstudie/2019/10/Natvardsanvandare-i-Skane-kontaktade-oftare-vardcentral/#eng
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- 2019-10-18 14:05:04
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- 2022-02-01 01:23:27
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