Sociodemographic determinants of telehealth utilisation in general practice during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia

• Published in: Internal medicine journal Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 422 - 425
• Main Authors: Dai, Zhaoli, Sezgin, Gorkem, Hardie, Rae‐Anne, McGuire, Precious, Pearce, Christopher, McLeod, Adam, Georgiou, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.03.2023; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Australia - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; General Practice; Humans; Pandemics; primary care; telehealth; Telemedicine; Australia; COVID-19; telemedicine; primary care; general practice; telehealth

This analysis assessed the sociodemographic characteristics of telehealth utilisation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic from March 2020 to August 2021 in Australia. Drawing on 860 general practice providers among 3 161 868 patients, 24 527 274 consultations were recorded. Teleh...