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2021-07-19Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/9432
Perceived Access to Health Care Services and Relevance of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany
dc.contributor.authorReitzle, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Christian
dc.contributor.authorFärber, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorHuebl, Lena
dc.contributor.authorWieler, Lothar Heinz
dc.contributor.authorZiese, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorHeidemann, Christin
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T13:57:18Z
dc.date.available2021-12-14T13:57:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-19none
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ijerph18147661
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/9139
dc.description.abstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, non-pharmaceutical interventions were imposed to contain the spread of the virus. Based on cross-sectional waves in March, July and December 2020 of the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO), the present study investigated the impact of the introduced measures on the perceived access to health care. Additionally, for the wave in December, treatment occasion as well as utilization and satisfaction regarding telemedicine were analysed. For 18–74-year-old participants requiring medical care, descriptive and logistic regression analyses were performed. During the less strict second lockdown in December, participants reported more frequently ensured access to health care (91.2%) compared to the first lockdown in March (86.8%), but less frequently compared to July (94.2%) during a period with only mild restrictions. In December, main treatment occasions of required medical appointments were check-up visits at the general practitioner (55.2%) and dentist (36.2%), followed by acute treatments at the general practitioner (25.6%) and dentist (19.0%), treatments at the physio-, ergo- or speech therapist (13.1%), psychotherapist (11.9%), and scheduled hospital admissions or surgeries (10.0%). Of the participants, 20.0% indicated utilization of telemedical (15.4% telephone, 7.6% video) consultations. Of them, 43.7% were satisfied with the service. In conclusion, for the majority of participants, access to medical care was ensured during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, access slightly decreased during phases of lockdown. Telemedicine complemented the access to medical appointments.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectCOVID-19eng
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2eng
dc.subjectaccess to health careeng
dc.subjecthealth care utilizationeng
dc.subjecttelemedicineeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titlePerceived Access to Health Care Services and Relevance of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/9139-2
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/9432
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthnone
local.edoc.container-issn1660-4601none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/14/7661/htmnone
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameMDPInone
local.edoc.container-volume18none
local.edoc.container-issue14none
local.edoc.container-year2021none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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