Healthcare access and attitudes towards telehealth during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic among an Australian cohort with inflammatory arthritis.

2021-05

Rischin, Adam

Liew, David F L

Black, Rachel

Fletcher, Ashley

Buchbinder, Rachelle

Lassere, Marissa

March, Lyn

Robinson, Philip C

Hill, Catherine J

COVID-19

healthcare access

inflammatory arthritis

mental health

physical health

telehealth

Journal Article

0000-0003-2849-7680

0000-0001-8451-8883

0000-0002-0597-0933

0000-0002-3156-3418

0000-0001-8289-4922

10.1111/imj.15309

Community restrictions due to COVID-19 have changed healthcare, including increased telehealth use. During the early pandemic phase, a cohort of Australian patients with inflammatory arthritis was surveyed. Self-reported access to healthcare was maintained and physical health was more likely to be self-rated poorly than mental health. There was a high level of support for telehealth during and after the pandemic.

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Internal Medicine Journal 2021; 51(5): 788-792

Internal Medicine Journal