ArticleAustralasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists2022
Telepsychiatry and face-to-face psychiatric consultations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: patients being heard and seen.
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- Comparison of the out-of-pocket costs of Medicare-funded telepsychiatry and face-to-face consultations: A descriptive study.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2024Article
- Penumbra of the pandemic workplace for psychiatrists and trainees in Australia.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2022Article
- The Attitudes and Perceptions of Israeli Psychiatrists Toward Telepsychiatry and Their Behavioral Intention to Use Telepsychiatry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Telepsychiatry in Australia: A Scoping Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe Australian federal government introduced additional Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth-items to facilitate care by private psychiatrists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodWe analysed private psychiatrists' uptake of video and telephone-telehealth, as well as total (telehealth and face-to-face) consultations for April 2020-April 2021. We compare these to face-to-face consultations for April 2018-April 2019. MBS-Item service data were extracted for COVID-19-psychiatrist-video- and telephone-telehealth item numbers and compared with face-to-face consultations for the whole of Australia.
resultsPsychiatric consultation numbers (telehealth and face-to-face) were 13% higher during the first year of the pandemic compared with 2018-2019, with telehealth accounting for 40% of this total. Face-to-face consultations were 65% of the comparative number of 2018-2019 consultations. There was substantial usage of telehealth consultations during 2020-2021. The majority of telehealth involved short telephone consultations of ⩽15-30 min, while video was used more, in longer consultations.
conclusionsPrivate psychiatrists and patients continued using the new telehealth-items during 2020-2021. This compensated for decreases in face-to-face consultations and resulted in an overall increase in the total patient contacts compared to 2018-2019.
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