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December 4, 2025BMC MedicineOpen Access

Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records using OpenSAFELY

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AAAbodunrin Q. AminuDSDavid R. SinclairKDKatie. Davies

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Overview

Longitudinal study reveals disparities in remote consultations during COVID-19, indicating impacts by age, gender, and social deprivation.

Key Points

  • Remote consultations surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 32.7 million consultations recorded by GPs.
  • Analysis involved 19 million electronic health records from patients registered in England between January 2019 and February 2022.
  • Binomial regression models assessed the influence of age, gender, deprivation, and ethnicity on remote consultation probabilities.
  • Significant variation in remote consultations highlights the need for improved access to healthcare, especially for vulnerable populations.

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Aminu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6930e8d7ea1aef094cca3b26https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04469-1
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