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Table 7 General Practitioners’ views on available time for contacts and on the usefulness of remote contacts

From: Access to General Practitioners during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal: a nationwide survey of doctors

 

time

 

helps patient management

 

not enough

neutral

 

agree

neutral

n

%

n

%

urgent consultations

420

36.7

8.6

-

-

-

non-urgent consultations

419

64.9

8.1

-

-

-

home visits

420

39.0

10.7

-

-

-

prescriptions renewal

392

54.6

5.6

393

75.8

10.7

medical reports

394

72.3

5.6

392

64.8

17.1

test results reviews

393

74.6

6.6

392

68.6

11.0

return patients’ phone calls

395

81.8

5.6

394

75.4

10.7

reply to patients’ e-mails

394

83.2

6.3

393

71.5

13.5

video consultations

384

76.8

18.2

386

33.4

39.6

check information patient portal

392

82.7

12.2

389

31.6

47.3