Published on in Vol 22, No 3 (2020): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14478, first published .
General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Whether Teleconsultations Reduce the Number of Face-to-face Visits in the Catalan Public Primary Care System: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Whether Teleconsultations Reduce the Number of Face-to-face Visits in the Catalan Public Primary Care System: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Whether Teleconsultations Reduce the Number of Face-to-face Visits in the Catalan Public Primary Care System: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Francesc López Seguí   1, 2 , MSc ;   Josep Vidal-Alaball   3, 4 , MD, PhD ;   Marta Sagarra Castro   5 , MD ;   Anna García-Altés   2, 6 , PhD ;   Francesc García Cuyàs   7 , MD, PhD

1 TIC Salut Social, Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain

2 Centre for Research in Health and Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

3 Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain

4 Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain

5 Centre d’Atenció Primària Capellades, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain

6 Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS), Catalan Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain

7 Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Catalan Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain

Corresponding Author:

  • Josep Vidal-Alaball, MD, PhD
  • Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group
  • Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central
  • Institut Català de la Salut
  • Carrer Pica d'Estats, 13-15
  • Sant Fruitós de Bages, 08272
  • Spain
  • Phone: 34 93 693 0040
  • Email: jvidal.cc.ics@gencat.cat