Table 3 Use of telemedicine by physicians who directly cared for COVID-19 cases and physicians who did not work with COVID-19, according to type of health service
Type of services | Not worked with COVID-19 | Worked with COVID-19 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | CI inf | CI sup | n | % | CI inf | CI sup | p-value | |
Public primary care and outpatient care | |||||||||
No | 242 | 55.90 | 51.20 | 60.50 | 250 | 33.30 | 30.00 | 36.80 | < 0,001 |
Yes | 191 | 44.10 | 39.50 | 48.80 | 500 | 66.70 | 63.20 | 70.00 | |
Individual practices and private clinics | |||||||||
No | 95 | 21.90 | 18.20 | 26.00 | 302 | 40.30 | 36.80 | 43.80 | < 0,001 |
Yes | 338 | 78.10 | 74.00 | 81.80 | 448 | 59.70 | 56.20 | 63.20 | |
Hospitals (public and private) | |||||||||
No | 123 | 28.40 | 24.30 | 32.80 | 134 | 17.90 | 15.30 | 20.70 | < 0,001 |
Yes | 310 | 71.60 | 67.20 | 75.70 | 616 | 82.10 | 79.30 | 84.70 | |
Administrative non-care services | |||||||||
No | 260 | 60.00 | 55.40 | 64.60 | 461 | 61.50 | 57.90 | 64.90 | 0,665 |
Yes | 173 | 40.00 | 35.40 | 44.60 | 289 | 38.50 | 35.10 | 42.10 | |