Table 2 Types of consultations suitable for video consultation, by medical specialty. Only medical specialists who at some point have used video consultation. (N = 187)
From: Medical specialists’ use and opinion of video consultation in Denmark: a survey study
Short treatment courses | Long treatment courses | Known patient | New patient | Anamnesis | Follow-up of test result(s) | Objective assessment | Medication control | Treatment | Follow-up consultations | No suitable types of consultations | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n | |
Specialty | ||||||||||||
Total | 54 (28.9) | 76 (40.6) | 121 (64.7) | 31 (16.6) | 45 (24.1) | 85 (45.5) | 8 (4.3) | 82 (43.9) | 47 (25.1) | 111 (59.4) | 36 (19.3) | 187 |
Dermato- venerology | 6 (17.1) | 14 (40) | 24 (68.6) | 3 (8.6) | 5 (14.3) | 9 (25.7) | 2 (5.7) | 16 (45.7) | 6 (17.1) | 20 (57.1) | 7 (20) | 35 |
Neurology | 4 (36.4) | 4 (36.4) | 8 (72.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.1) | 7 (63.6) | 0 (0) | 5 (45.5) | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | 11 |
Psychiatry | 26 (43.3) | 34 (56.7) | 54 (90) | 14 (23.3) | 19 (31.7) | 31 (51.7) | 3 (5) | 35 (58.3) | 30 (50) | 40 (66.7) | 5 (8.3) | 60 |
Anaesthesiology | 1 (25) | 4 (100) | 4 (100) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 4 |
Child and adolescent psychiatry | 2 (28.6) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 2 (28.6) | 3 (42.9) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (42.9) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0) | 7 |
Gynaecology and obstetrics | 0 (0) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | 3 (33.3) | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 5 (55.6) | 2 (22.2) | 9 |
Internal medicine | 1 (14.3) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (14.3) | 2 (28.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 7 |
Surgery | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 2 |
Orthopaedic surgery | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 2 |
Plastic surgery | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 |
Paediatrics | 5 (33.3) | 7 (46.7) | 11 (73.3) | 3 (20) | 4 (26.7) | 9 (60) | 1 (6.7) | 7 (46.7) | 6 (40) | 10 (66.7) | 3 (20) | 15 |
Rheumatology | 5 (41.7) | 6 (50) | 7 (58.3) | 2 (16.7) | 3 (25) | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 5 (41.7) | 2 (16.7) | 9 (75) | 4 (33.3) | 12 |
Ophthalmology | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (7.7) | 2 (15.4) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0) | 4 (30.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (30.8) | 5 (38.5) | 13 |
Otorhino-laryngology | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (37.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (62.5) | 8 |