Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records using OpenSAFELY
There were significant variations in remote consultations by age, gender, socioeconomic group, and ethnicity during the pandemic. These factors should be considered when planning access to services especially for vulnerable patients.
Authors
- Terence W O’Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8896-4677)
- Andrew Clegg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-1097)
- Abodunrin Quadri Aminu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9007-9098)
- Chris Todd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6645-4505)
- Alex Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-744X)
- David R. Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-7475)
- Milan Wiedemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-282X)
- Katie Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5072-2058)
Institutions
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Angkor Hospital for Children (KH)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Arthritis UK (GB)
- NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04469-1
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00