Long shunned by the French, teleconsultation took off following the Covid-19 health crisis, especially among women.
- The conditions of performance and coverage as well as the prices governing teleconsultations were defined in June 2018, by an amendment to the medical agreement.
- Any doctor can use teleconsultation, regardless of his specialty, sector and place of practice.
According to a study carried out by MEDADOM, women use remote consultations more than men. A trend in particular due to the medical management of children in the home: French women represent 76% of those accompanying patients under 17 years of age.
Among the most common reasons for female teleconsultation are the renewal of the pill, ailments related to painful periods and urinary tract infections. For their children, women consult mainly for scabies, ear infections, gastroenteritis and vaccines.
French women teleconsult more around 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Via mobile applications, French women teleconsult more around 11 a.m., and are more numerous at 5 p.m. on telemedicine terminals. The study also reveals that it is in Normandy that the gap is most marked between men and women (65% of teleconsultations are requested there by Norman women). More generally, teleconsultation continues to grow due to the Covid-19 crisis, with no less than 17 million appointments made between mid-March and the end of November 2020.
Teleconsultation is a remote consultation of a patient by a doctor (general practitioner or any other medical specialist), the patient may or may not be assisted, on this occasion, by another health professional (e.g. nurse, pharmacist, etc.). ).
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