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. 2023 Jun 28;12:e83764. doi: 10.7554/eLife.83764

Table 3. Adoption of telemedicine (n=429*).

Question number and content Categories n (%)
Q43 Adoption of telemedicine to communicate with patients Yes, with all patients 179 (41.7)
Yes, with low-risk patients only 205 (47.8)
No 23 (5.4)
Don’t know 9 (2.1)
Not applicable to my practice 13 (3.0)
Q44 Percentage of patients called (audio/video) for distance consultation 0% 17 (4.0)
1–24% 83 (19.4)
25–49% 115 (26.8)
50–74% 105 (24.5)
≥75% 83 (19.4)
Don’t know 5 (1.2)
Not applicable to my practice 21 (4.9)
Q45 Percentage of patients called (audio/video) for follow-up to a cervical cancer screening procedure 0% 46 (10.7)
1–24% 103 (24.0)
25–49% 85 (19.8)
50–74% 83 (19.3)
≥75% 68 (15.9)
Don’t know 18 (4.2)
Not applicable to my practice 26 (6.1)
Q46 Virtual consultations compensated by jurisdictional public health insurance system Yes 312 (72.7)
No 43 (10.0)
Don’t know 44 (10.3)
Not applicable to my practice 30 (7.0)
Q47 Appropriate interactions to convert to telemedicine Health and medical history reporting 283 (66.0)
Test results reporting 352 (82.1)
Consent forms completion prior to in-person procedures 222 (51.7)
Post-procedure follow-up 219 (42.9)
In-person appointment planning/scheduling 169 (33.1)
Other 5 (1.2)
*

Eighty-one respondents did not answer; the total number of complete responses was used as the denominator.

Frequency count exceeded number of respondents (429) as some selected more than one answer.