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Table 2 Phone consultations in the future

From: Physicians’ perspectives and future vision on disability assessments by phone during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

 

Total (N)

(Strongly) agree (%)

36: Even after the coronavirus crisis, I would like to continue to do more phone consultations than we used to.

337

55%

37: I support the idea that this kind of working should form part of our future working method.

339

52%

38: Thanks to the experience I have gained with phone consultations, I am better at studying the files to establish who can be assessed by phone as an alternative to an in-person consultation, including after the coronavirus crisis.

332

56%

39: When in-person consultations become possible again in future, I think there will be a higher chance of receiving a complaint/disciplinary complaint if I replace an in-person consultation with a phone consultation.

333

56%

40: I think that the Dutch SSI has enough facilities to focus more on phone consultations in the future.

325

59%

41: I would prefer to go back completely to my previous way of working.

336

39%

  1. N number, % = percentage of physicians who agree or strongly agree to the statement