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Table 3 Outpatient visits and telemedicine consultations in the period 2009-2013 in the different clinical specialties

From: Adoption of routine telemedicine in Norwegian hospitals: progress over 5 years

Clinical specialty

Activity

Outpatient visits (2009)

Outpatient visits (2010)

Outpatient visits (2011)

Outpatient visits (2012)

Outpatient visits (2013)

Telemedicine consultations (2009)

Telemedicine consultations (2010)

Telemedicine consultations (2011)

Telemedicine consultations (2012)

Telemedicine consultations (2013)

Neurosurgery

Small

14,701

16,858

19,144

20,401

21,037

803 (5.46 %)

384 (2.28 %)

469 (2.45 %)

274 (1.34 %)

469 (2.23 %)

Rehabilitation

High

162,434

174,216

194,161

203,567

198,229

389 (0.24 %)

162 (0.09 %)

789 (0.41 %)

1719 (0.84 %)

1853 (0.93 %)

Eye diseases

High

228,680

266,363

287,130

301,316

311,324

154 (0.07 %)

137 (0.05 %)

231 (0.08 %)

229 (0.08 %)

291 (0.09 %)

Endocrinology

Medium

108,866

117,577

119,423

125,502

130,146

16 (0.01 %)

2 (0.00 %)

5 (0.00 %)

23 (0.02 %)

26 (0.02 %)

Cardiovascular diseases

High

222,183

228,739

249,516

260,106

263,619

152 (0.07 %)

58 (0.03 %)

51 (0.02 %)

30 (0.01 %)

42 (0.02 %)

Obstetrics

High

482,661

502,400

513,143

508,829

510,189

102 (0.02 %)

18 (0.00 %)

14 (0.00 %)

87 (0.02 %)

71 (0.01 %)

Digestive diseases

Medium

122,480

142,525

162,385

174,526

175,016

23 (0.02 %)

1 (0.00 %)

11 (0.01 %)

31 (0.02 %)

23 (0.01 %)

Pulmonary diseases

Medium

100,842

112,729

118,963

121,942

124,625

16 (0.02 %)

4 (0.00 %)

20 (0.02 %)

16 (0.01 %)

16 (0.01 %)

Plastic surgery

Medium

52,588

55,257

59,980

56,998

63,413

0 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

3 (0.01 %)

0 (0.00 %)

7 (0.01 %)

Kidney diseases

Medium

53,312

52,288

54,164

57,058

58,516

12 (0.02 %)

3 (0.01 %)

3 (0.01 %)

11 (0.02 %)

6 (0.01 %)

Urology

Medium

135,833

148,557

160,630

166,324

170,295

49 (0.04 %)

9 (0.01 %)

17 (0.01 %)

32 (0.02 %)

15 (0.01 %)

Neurology

Medium

143,640

150,588

184,850

170,295

170,908

369 (0.26 %)

12 (0.01 %)

20 (0.01 %)

32 (0.02 %)

12 (0.01 %)

General surgery

Medium

166,569

146,575

133,809

128,941

120,954

35 (0.02 %)

10 (0.01 %)

7 (0.01 %)

16 (0.01 %)

4 (0.00 %)

Children’s diseases

High

212,285

215,727

198,207

219,036

218,822

120 (0.06 %)

25 (0.01 %)

5 (0.00 %)

11 (0.01 %)

7 (0.00 %)

Orthopaedic surgery

High

647,839

708,595

739,050

744,014

782,384

60 (0.01 %)

72 (0.01 %)

76 (0.01 %)

139 (0.02 %)

23 (0.00 %)

Oncology and radiotherapy

High

94,416

196,456

206,934

229,263

239,773

71 (0.08 %)

9 (0.00 %)

2 (0.00 %)

6 (0.00 %)

7 (0.00 %)

Skin and venereal diseases

High

197,707

204,552

189,415

222,658

216,227

220 (0.11 %)

239 (0.12 %)

93 (0.05 %)

9 (0.00 %)

5 (0.00 %)

Gastroenterological surgery

Medium

114,129

123,111

126,741

130,506

141,967

9 (0.01 %)

4 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

25 (0.02 %)

2 (0.00 %)

Anaesthesiology

Small

41,515

44,411

36,567

47,811

47,342

2 (0.00 %)

3 (0.01 %)

1 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Haematology

Medium

61,811

75,488

84,666

91,659

94,146

14 (0.02 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Cardiovascular surgery

Medium

43,410

47,502

53,060

54,176

53,752

1 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

3 (0.01 %)

4 (0.01 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Ear, nose and throat diseases

High

324,964

333,776

353,326

356,885

365,251

15 (0.00 %)

9 (0.00 %)

3 (0.00 %)

2 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

General internal medicine

Medium

68,642

65,136

61,923

53,627

55,204

29 (0.04 %)

2 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Geriatrics

Small

16,338

16,931

18,427

19,370

18,797

10 (0.06 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

2 (0.01 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Infectious diseases

Small

28,603

31,889

34,297

38,322

39,646

1 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Maxillofacial and mouth disease

Small

29,634

27,554

26,746

28,005

29,006

10 (0.03 %)

2 (0.01 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Other clinical specialities

High

622,864

410,120

367,172

365,899

358,590

61 (0.01 %)

18 (0.00 %)

2 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Pregnancy/parathyroid surgery

Small

2171

9883

15,717

17,186

21,182

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Rheumatology

Medium

117,566

138,881

155,656

163,420

165,226

2 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

1 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

Total

 

4,618,683

4,764,684

4,925,202

5,077,642

5,165,586

2745 (0.06 %)

1186 (0.02 %)

1827 (0.04 %)

2700 (0.05 %)

2879 (0.06 %)

  1. Values in brackets (%) represent the percentage of telemedicine consultations compared to the number of outpatient visits, by year and clinical specialty