The impact of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on general practitioner contacts among patients with common and at-risk diagnoses: a Norwegian registry-based study
The pandemic resulted in fewer face-to-face consultations, but there was a substantial rise in electronic consultations. Consultations for at-risk for mortality diagnoses decreased relatively less than for common diagnoses. Consultation rates for older adults and those with multiple decreased less, suggesting that sicker patients continued to visit their GP during the pandemic.
Authors
- Knut Eirik Eliassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9492-4276)
- Tone Morken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-935X)
- Jesper Blinkenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-4350)
- Jonas Nordvik Dale
- Guri Rørtveit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-2169)
- Valborg Baste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-9747)
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- NORCE Research AS (NO)
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2025.2491762
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82