Video visit instead of face-to-face visit in primary care

The increased access to smart phones, tablets, and computers, which enables real-time video communication, has changed the way patients and professionals can interact within primary care. The development of different digital health care services has been rapid in recent years, both on the private health care market, as well as in the public health care regions in Sweden. In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic there has also been an increased demand for and supply of more digital services within the health care sector.

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Question

What systematic reviews or scientific studies are there on video conference compared to face-to-face visits in primary care, in terms of diagnostics and treatments?

Identified literature

No relevant systematic review was identified but 87 primary studies (controlled clinical trials) were identified [1-87]. The primary studies were not assessed for risk of bias.

References

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Video platform:
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2. (video$ or skype or facetime).tw 134494
3. real time telemedicine.tw 39
4. 1 OR 2 OR 3 135284
Health care contact:
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7. (virtual adj2 (appointment$ or communicat$ or consult$ or visit$ or clinic$)).tw 1366
8. (electronic consult$ or econsult$ or e-consult$).tw 459
9. WebGP.tw 1
10. (non-face-to-face or face-to-face).tw 31158
11. remote adj (health care OR healthcare).tw 243
12. Telemedicine/ or Telerehabilitation/ 27480
13. (telemedicine OR telehealth OR telehealthcare OR telerehabilitation OR telecare).tw 18487
14. office visits/ 7100
15. (visit$ OR office).tw 301855
16. exp appointments and schedules/ 9237
17. (appointment$ OR patient schedule).tw 25612
18. *"Referral and Consultation"/ 26841
19. (consultation$ OR counsel$).tw 192426
20. exp practice patterns, physicians/ 62286
21. (clinical OR physicians) adj (practice pattern$).tw 452
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26. exp General Practitioners/ OR exp Physicians, Family/ 24761
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28. exp Family Practice/ OR General Practice/ 75653
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3. (real time telemedicine):ti,ab,kw 194
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15. MeSH descriptor: [Telemedicine] explode all trees 2,708
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23. MeSH descriptor: [General Practitioners] explode all trees 280
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29. #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 156,770
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Video platform:
1. ‘Videoconferencing’/exp 5,053
2. (‘video*’ OR ‘skype’ OR ‘facetime’ OR ‘videophone’ OR ‘real time telemedicine’):ti,ab,kw 196,409
3. 1 OR 2 197,882
Health care contact:
4. telemedicine/exp 47,075
5. (‘telemedicine’ or ‘tele medicine’ OR ‘telehealth’ OR ‘telehealthcare’ OR ‘telerehabilitation’ OR ‘telecare’ OR ‘telediagnosis’):ti,ab,kw 28,538
6. (‘e-health’ OR ‘ehealth’ OR ‘m-health’ OR ‘mhealth’):ti,ab,kw 14,169
7. consultation/exp 126,830
8. (‘e-consult*’ OR ‘eConsult*’ OR ‘e-doctor*’ OR ‘eDoctor*’ OR ‘e-clinic*’ OR ‘eClinic*’ OR ‘e-Therap*’ OR ‘eTherap*’ OR ‘e-appointment*’):ti,ab,kw 3,123
9. (‘appointment*’ OR ‘patient schedule’ OR ‘consult*’ OR ‘counsel*’ OR ‘referral*’):ti,ab,kw 587,601
10. (‘visit*’ OR ‘office’):ti,ab,kw 475,010
11. ((‘clinical’ OR ‘physician’) NEXT/1 ‘practice pattern*’):ti,ab,kw 1,299
12. ((‘physician’ OR ‘doctor’) NEXT/1 ‘patient relation*’):ti,ab,kw 9,794
13. ‘health care’/de OR ‘rural health care’/exp OR ‘medical care’/exp 1,238,962
14. ‘health care delivery’/de OR aftercare/exp OR ‘ambulatory care’/exp OR ‘community care’/exp OR ‘long term care’/exp OR ‘primary health care’/exp 2,356,589
15. (‘primary’ NEXT/1 (‘health care’ OR ‘healthcare’ OR ‘care’)):ti,ab,kw 194,296
16. ((‘mobile’ OR ‘electronic’ OR ‘digital’ OR ‘virtualized’ OR ‘remote’) NEXT/1 (‘health’ OR ‘healthcare’)):ti,ab,kw 38,782
17. (‘virtual’ NEXT/2 (‘appointment*’ OR ‘communicat*’ OR ‘consult*’ or ‘care’ OR ‘contact*’ OR ‘clinic*’)):ti,ab,kw 2,084
18. (((remote OR tele*) NEXT/2 consult*) OR teleconsult*):ti,ab,kw 5,625
19. ‘WebGP’:ti,ab,kw 1
20. (‘non-face-to-face’ OR ‘face-to-face’):ti,ab,kw 41,054
21. ‘general practitioner’/exp 103,435
22. (general practitioner* OR family physician*):ti,ab,kw 63,207
23. General Practice/exp 61,691
24. ((general OR family) adj2 practice):ti,ab,kw 86,083
25. 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 4,150,206
Combined sets:
26. 3 AND 25 43,984
Study types:
27. ‘systematic review’/exp OR ‘Cochrane library’/exp OR ‘meta analysis’/exp 392,622
28. ((systematic* NEAR/3 review) OR meta analy* OR metaanaly*):ab,ti,kw 306,809
29. 27 OR 28 473,788
Final 26 AND 29 910

Scopus via scopus.com March 25 2021

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TITLE-ABS-KEY = Title or abstract or keywords; ALL = All fields; W/n = "Within". The terms in the search must be within a specified number of terms (n) in any order.; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
  Search terms Items found
Video platform:
1. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( video* OR skype OR facetime ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "real time telemedicine" ) ) 559,298
Health care contact:
2. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( remote PRE/2 consultation ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( e-consult* OR econsult$ OR e-doctor* OR edoctor* OR e-clinic* OR eclinic* OR "electronic consult*" OR e-appointment ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( virtual W/2 ( appointment* OR communicat* OR consult* OR visit* OR clinic* ) ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( webgp ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( non-face-to-face OR face-to-face ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( remote OR tele OR virtual* ) PRE/2 ( "health care" OR healthcare ) ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( telemedicine OR telehealth OR telehealthcare OR telerehabilitation OR telecare ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( visit* OR office ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "appointments and schedules" OR "Referral and Consultation" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( appointment* OR "patient schedule" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( consultation* OR counsel* ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "practice patterns, physicians" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( clinical OR physicians ) PRE/1 ( "practice pattern*" ) ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( primary PRE/1 ( "health care" OR healthcare OR care ) ) ) 1,516,106
Combined sets:
3. #1 AND #2 26,766
Study types:
4. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "systematic review" OR "Cochrane library" OR "meta analysis" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( systematic* W/3 review* ) OR "meta analy*" OR metaanaly* ) ) 513,199
Final #3 AND #4 615

Literature search – controlled studies

Medline via OVID March 25 2021

Video visits – Controlled studies

The search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts

[MeSH] = Term from the Medline controlled vocabulary, including terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; [MeSH:NoExp] = Does not include terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; [MAJR] = MeSH Major Topic; [TIAB] = Title or abstract; [TI] = Title; [AU] = Author; [TW] = Text Word; Systematic; [SB] = Filter for retrieving systematic reviews; * = Truncation
  Search terms Items found
Video platform:
1. exp Videoconferencing/ 2203
2. (skype or facetime).tw 484
3. real time telemedicine.tw 39
4. videolink.tw 38
5. interactive video*.tw 704
6. videoconferenc*.tw 2486
7. videovisit*.tw 2
8. ((video or virtual) adj2 (visit* or conferenc* or appointment* or meeting* or link or consult* or communicat* or teleconsult* or teleconferenc* or telehealth)).tw 3846
9. (real time adj2 (video or telemedicine or encounter)).tw 763
10. video-to-home.tw 64
11. (alternative* adj3 face-to-face).tw 228
12. telehealth visit*.tw 182
13. 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 9011
Health care contact:
14. exp Remote consultation/ 5159
15. (e-consult$ or eConsult$ or e-doctor$ or eDoctor$ or e-clinic$ or eClinic$ or e-Therap$ or eTherap$ or e-appointment).tw 1156
16. (virtual adj2 (appointment$ or communicat$ or consult$ or visit$ or clinic$)).tw 1366
17. (electronic consult$ or econsult$ or e-consult$).tw 459
18. WebGP.tw 1
19. (non-face-to-face or face-to-face).tw 31158
20. remote adj (health care OR healthcare).tw 243
21. Telemedicine/ or Telerehabilitation/ 27480
22. (telemedicine OR telehealth OR telehealthcare OR telerehabilitation OR telecare).tw 18487
23. office visits/ 7100
24. (visit$ OR office).tw 301855
25. exp appointments and schedules/ 9237
26. (appointment$ OR patient schedule).tw 25612
27. *"Referral and Consultation"/ 26841
28. (consultation$ OR counsel$).tw 192426
29. exp practice patterns, physicians/ 62286
30. (clinical OR physicians) adj (practice pattern$).tw 452
31. exp physician patient relations/ 73694
32. ((physician OR doctor) adj (patient relation$)).tw 6109
33. exp Primary Health Care/ 166414
34. (primary adj (health care OR healthcare OR care)).tw 124186
35. exp General Practitioners/ OR exp Physicians, Family/ 24761
36. (general practitioner* OR family physician*).tw 65859
37. exp Family Practice/ OR General Practice/ 75653
38. (general practice OR family practice).tw 43296
39. 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34 OR 35 OR 36 OR 37 OR 38 955101
Study types:
40. ((clinical and trial) or random*).ti,ab 1337662
41. exp clinical trial/ or exp random allocation/ or exp therapeutic uses/ 5979431
42. control*.ti,ab 4011979
43. 40 OR 41 OR 42 9321535
Combined sets:
44. 13 OR 39 5579
45. 44 AND 43 1452
Limits:
46. limit 44 to (clinical study or clinical trial, all or clinical trial) 543
47. 45 OR 46 1454
48. limit 47 to yr="2010 -Current" 1094
Final 1094

Cochrane Library via Wiley March 25 2021

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The search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts

au = Author; MeSH = Term from the Medline controlled vocabulary, including terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; this term only = Does not include terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; :ti = Title; :ab = Abstract; :kw = Keyword; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase; CDSR = Cochrane Database of Systematic Review; CENTRAL = Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, “trials“; CRM = Method Studies; DARE = Database Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, “other reviews”; EED = Economic Evaluations; HTA = Health Technology Assessments
  Search terms Items found
Video platform:
1. MeSH descriptor: [Videoconferencing] explode all trees 212
2. (skype or facetime):ti,ab,kw 235
3. (videolink OR “interactive video*” OR videoconferenc* OR videovisit*):ti,ab,kw 1,109
4. ((video OR virtual) NEXT/3 (visit* OR conferenc* OR appointment* OR meeting* OR link OR consult* OR communicat* OR teleconsult* OR teleconferenc* OR telehealth)):ti,ab,kw 941
5. (real time NEXT/2 (video OR telemedicine OR encounter)):ti,ab,kw
6. (video-to-home):ti,ab,kw 5
7. 7(alternative* NEXT/3 (face-to-face)):ti,ab,kw 68
8. (telehealth visit*):ti,ab,kw 356
9. #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 2,361
Health care contact:
10. MeSH descriptor: [Office Visits] explode all trees 462
11. (visit* OR office):ti,ab,kw 88,581
12. MeSH descriptor: [Appointments and Schedules] explode all trees 1,068
13. (appointment* OR patient schedule):ti,ab,kw 19,280
14. MeSH descriptor: [Referral and Consultation] explode all trees 2,329
15. (consultation* OR (consultation* AND referral*)):ti,ab,kw 12,841
16. MeSH descriptor: [Practice Patterns, Physicians'] explode all trees 1,242
17. (clinical practice pattern* OR physicians practice pattern*):ti,ab,kw 3,649
18. MeSH descriptor: [Physician-Patient Relations] explode all trees 1,403
19. (physician patient relation* OR doctor patient relation*):ti,ab,kw 6,605
20. MeSH descriptor: [Telemedicine] explode all trees 2,708
21. (telemedicine or e-health or ehealth or m-health or mhealth OR telehealth* or “tele health*” OR telecare OR “tele care”):ti,ab,kw 7,054
22. ((mobile or electronic or digital or virtual*) NEXT (health or healthcare)):ti,ab,kw 3,459
23. (e-consult* or eConsult* or e-doctor* or eDoctor* or e-clinic* or eClinic*):ti,ab,kw 268
24. (virtual NEXT (appointment* or communicat* or consult*)):ti,ab,kw 33
25. (((remote or tele*) and consult*) or teleconsult*):ti,ab,kw 3,301
26. 2MeSH descriptor: [Primary Health Care] explode all trees 7,429
27. ((primary NEXT (health care OR healthcare OR care))):ti,ab,kw 21,469
28. MeSH descriptor: [General Practitioners] explode all trees 280
29.  MeSH descriptor: [Physicians, Family] explode all trees 455
30.  (general practitioner* OR family physician*):ti,ab,kw 11,458
31. MeSH descriptor: [Family Practice] explode all trees 1,971
32. MeSH descriptor: [General Practice] explode all trees 2,453
33. (general practice OR family practice):ti,ab,kw 18,521
34. #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 156,770
Study types:
35. MeSH descriptor: [Clinical Trial] explode all trees 141
36. MeSH descriptor: [Random Allocation] explode all trees 20,618
37. MeSH descriptor: [Therapeutic Uses] explode all trees 170,299
38. ((randomized OR randomised) AND controlled AND trial):ti,ab,kw 584,835
39. (control*):ti,ab,kw 1,013,518
40. #35 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 1,088,143
Combined sets:
41. #9 AND #34 1532
42. #41 AND #40 1,207
Limits:
43. with Publication Year from 2010 to 2021, in Trials 1,080
Final   1,080

 

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/de = Term from the EMTREE controlled vocabulary; /exp = Includes terms found below this term in the EMTREE hierarchy; /mj = Major Topic; :ab = Abstract; :au = Author; :ti = Article Title; :ti,ab = Title or abstract; * = Truncation; ’ ’ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
  Search terms Items found
Video platform:
1. ‘Videoconferencing’/exp 5,053
2. (skype or facetime):ti,ab,kw 949
3. videolink:ti,ab,kw 21
4. ‘interactive video*’:ti,ab,kw 909
5. videoconferenc*:ti,ab,kw 3,423
6. videovisit*:ti,ab,kw 4
7. ((video OR virtual) NEXT/2 (visit* OR conferenc* OR appointment* OR meeting* OR link OR consult* OR communicat* OR teleconsult* OR teleconferenc* OR telehealth)):ti,ab,kw 4,905
8. (real time NEXT/2 (video OR telemedicine OR encounter)):ti,ab,kw 1,012
9. video-to-home:ti,ab,kw 13
10. (alternative* NEXT/3 (face-to-face)):ti,ab,kw 276
11. ‘telehealth visit*’:ti,ab,kw 296
12. 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 12,253
Health care contact:
13. telemedicine/exp 47,075
14. (‘telemedicine’ or ‘tele medicine’ OR ‘telehealth’ OR ‘telehealthcare’ OR ‘telerehabilitation’ OR ‘telecare’ OR ‘telediagnosis’):ti,ab,kw 28,538
15. (‘e-health’ OR ‘ehealth’ OR ‘m-health’ OR ‘mhealth’):ti,ab,kw 14,169
16. consultation/exp 126,830
17. (‘e-consult*’ OR ‘eConsult*’ OR ‘e-doctor*’ OR ‘eDoctor*’ OR ‘e-clinic*’ OR ‘eClinic*’ OR ‘e-Therap*’ OR ‘eTherap*’ OR ‘e-appointment*’):ti,ab,kw 3,123
18. (‘appointment*’ OR ‘patient schedule’ OR ‘consult*’ OR ‘counsel*’ OR ‘referral*’):ti,ab,kw 587,601
19. (‘visit*’ OR ‘office’):ti,ab,kw 475,010
20. ((‘clinical’ OR ‘physician’) NEXT/1 ‘practice pattern*’):ti,ab,kw 1,299
21. ((‘physician’ OR ‘doctor’) NEXT/1 ‘patient relation*’):ti,ab,kw 9,794
22. ‘health care’/de OR ‘rural health care’/exp OR ‘medical care’/exp 1,238,962
23. ‘health care delivery’/de OR aftercare/exp OR ‘ambulatory care’/exp OR ‘community care’/exp OR ‘long term care’/exp OR ‘primary health care’/exp 2,356,589
24. (‘primary’ NEXT/1 (‘health care’ OR ‘healthcare’ OR ‘care’)):ti,ab,kw 194,296
25. ((‘mobile’ OR ‘electronic’ OR ‘digital’ OR ‘virtualized’ OR ‘remote’) NEXT/1 (‘health’ OR ‘healthcare’)):ti,ab,kw 38,782
26. (‘virtual’ NEXT/2 (‘appointment*’ OR ‘communicat*’ OR ‘consult*’ or ‘care’ OR ‘contact*’ OR ‘clinic*’)):ti,ab,kw 2,084
27. (((remote OR tele*) NEXT/2 consult*) OR teleconsult*):ti,ab,kw 5,625
28. ‘WebGP’:ti,ab,kw 1
29. (‘non-face-to-face’ OR ‘face-to-face’):ti,ab,kw 41,054
30. ‘general practitioner’/exp 103,435
31. (general practitioner* OR family physician*):ti,ab,kw 63,207
32. General Practice/exp 61,691
33. ((general OR family) adj2 practice):ti,ab,kw 86,083
34. 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 4,150,206
Study types:
35. clinical:ti,ab AND trial:ti,ab OR random*:ti,ab 1,860,313
36. (clinical AND 'trial'/exp OR 'randomization'/exp OR controlled) AND 'study'/exp OR 'therapy'/exp 9,242,594
37. control*:ti,ab 5,274,801
38. 35 OR 36 OR 37 13,440,637
Combined sets:
39. 12 AND 34 8,821
40. 38 AND 39 4,754
41. 40 AND ('conference abstract'/it OR 'editorial'/it OR 'erratum'/it OR 'note'/it) 1,762
42. 40 NOT 41 2,992
Limits:
43. 42 AND (2010:py OR 2011:py OR 2012:py OR 2013:py OR 2014:py OR 2015:py OR 2016:py OR 2017:py OR 2018:py OR 2019:py OR 2020:py OR 2021:py) 2,292
Final   2,292

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TITLE-ABS-KEY = Title or abstract or keywords; ALL = All fields; W/n = "Within". The terms in the search must be within a specified number of terms (n) in any order.; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
  Search terms Items found
Video platform:
1. TITLE-ABS-KEY(“real time telemedicine”) 72
2. TITLE-ABS-KEY(skype or facetime) 2,281
3. TITLE-ABS-KEY(videolink OR “interactive video*” OR videoconferenc* OR videovisit* OR “video-to-home”) 12,419
4. TITLE-ABS-KEY((video OR virtual) W/2 (visit* OR conferenc* OR appointment* OR meeting* OR link OR consult* OR communicat* OR teleconsult* OR teleconferenc* OR telehealth)) 26,625
5. TITLE-ABS-KEY(“real time” W/2 (video OR telemedicine OR encounter)) 12,558
6. TITLE-ABS-KEY(alternative* W/3 (“face-to-face”)) 465
7. TITLE-ABS-KEY(“telehealth visit*”) 163
8. #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 49,480
Health care contact:
9. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( remote PRE/2 consultation ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( e-consult* OR econsult$ OR e-doctor* OR edoctor* OR e-clinic* OR eclinic* OR "electronic consult*" OR e-appointment ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( virtual W/2 ( appointment* OR communicat* OR consult* OR visit* OR clinic* ) ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( webgp ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( non-face-to-face OR face-to-face ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( remote OR tele OR virtual* ) PRE/2 ( "health care" OR healthcare ) ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( telemedicine OR telehealth OR telehealthcare OR telerehabilitation OR telecare ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( visit* OR office ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "appointments and schedules" OR "Referral and Consultation" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( appointment* OR "patient schedule" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( consultation* OR counsel* ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "practice patterns, physicians" ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( clinical OR physicians ) PRE/1 ( "practice pattern*" ) ) ) OR ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( primary PRE/1 ( "health care" OR healthcare OR care ) ) ) 1,516,178
Study types:
10. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( control* ) 14,893,798
Combined sets:
11. #1 AND #9 13,153
12. #11 AND #10 3,053
Limits:
13. #12 AND ( LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2021 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2020 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2019 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2018 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2017 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2016 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2015 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2014 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2013 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2012 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2011 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2010 ) ) 2,214
14. #13 AND ( EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE , "le" ) OR EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE , "no" ) OR EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE , "ed" ) OR EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE , "ch" ) OR EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE , "bk" ) OR EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE , "er" ) ) 2,086
Final   2,086
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