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Table 4 Proportion of patient contact via telemedicine differentiated according to medical speciality

From: Use of telemedicine in the outpatient sector during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey of German physicians

Medical specia-lity

How much of the total patient contact is currently (November/December 2020)

via telephone, video or digital applications?

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

missing

General medicine 100% (555)

3.24% (18)

50.09% (278)

28.11% (156)

10.63% (59)

3.78% (21)

1.98% (11)

0.36% (2)

0.72% (4)

0.36% (2)

0.00% (0)

0.36% (2)

0.36% (2)

Cardio-logy 100% (26)

11.54% (3)

76.92% (20)

11.54% (3)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

Gastro-entero-logy 100% (74)

6.76% (5)

62.16% (46)

21.62% (16)

8.11% (6)

1.35% (1)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

Paedia-trics 100% (157)

6.37% (10)

63.06% (99)

19.11% (30)

4.46% (7)

3.18% (5)

0.64% (1)

0.64% (1)

0.00% (0)

1.27% (2)

0.64% (1)

0.00% (0)

0.64% (1)

Gyneco-logy 100% (173)

5.20% (9)

79.19% (137)

10.98% (19)

3.47% (6)

0.58% (1)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.58% (1)

ENT 100% (57)

19.30% (11)

70.18% (40)

10.53% (6)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)

0.00% (0)